Curatorial Narrative The Dawn Patrol by Eric Rohman, created in 1930, occupies a pivotal position within the Art Deco movement, bridging the gap between the early modernist experiments of the 1920s and the more ornate, geometric patterns that would soon dominate the style. Rohman’s brushwork is characterized by linear strokes, imbuing the composition with a sense of dynamism and forward momentum. The abstract forms depicted in the piece seem to hover above the canvas, their edges softened by an almost imperceptible layer of atmospheric weight, evoking the blurred contours of a dawn landscape.As an artwork enlarged to 44×63 inches, The Dawn Patrol’s chromatic structure is revealed in all its complexity. The blue and red hues that dominate the palette appear as intense, crystalline forms, their edges sharply defined against the deep black background. The spatial rhythm established by Rohman’s use of linear brushstrokes and geometric p