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Rooster by Esko Juhani Kaarakka

Rooster by Esko Juhani Kaarakka

Rooster

Esko Juhani Kaarakka

Title

Rooster

 
Artist

Esko Juhani Kaarakka

  1929 - 1970 (biography)
Year
1954  
Technique
Etching 
Image Size
15 9/16 x 10 1/2"  
Signature
lower right 
Edition Size
Artist Proof 
Annotations
pencil signed, dated, and titled 
Reference
 
Paper
thick, toothy, cream wove 
State
Artists Proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
20473 
Price
SOLD
Description

This crowing rooster by Finnish printmaker Esko Kaarakka was done while the artist was attending the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Finland where he studied printmaking. There is an impression of "Rooster" in the collection of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts.

A powerful image that dominates the whole plate, this rooster or pehaps fighting cock, is crowing out a message to the world that he is a force to be reckoned with.

This etching is created using etched lines, crosshatching them to create a black background. This image is similar in its strength and composition to engravings that were being done at Atelier 17 by Sue Fuller and Mauricio Lasansky a decade earlier.