Painting of a gray skyscraper with four tiers. The top tier crumbles, chunks of cement and a man falling into the cavern the building sits in. The background is black with bright yellow at the horizon line.

Roger Brown, The Big Jolt, 1972. Oil on canvas, Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2019.1 Image: Courtesy Roger Brown Study Collection

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Terra Foundation Acquires Chicago Imagist Roger Brown “Disasters” Series Painting and Other Major Works

October 2, 2019