Yellow Rock

 

Edmond Casarella

  1920 - 1996 (biography)

1955  

color paper relief print 

18 1/8 x 24 1/8" image 

unsigned 

proof numbered 8 in upper right corner 

annotated verso as to title & date & signed by widow, Mary Casarella 

 

heavy laid Japanese 

published 

artist 

NC139 

$2,000.00 

The paper-relief print “Yellow Rock” exemplifies Edmond Casarella’s experimental technique, using layered paper rolled with thick, oil-based inks to lend a dimensionality to each impression. With his signature use of bold shapes and colors, he presents a slice of geological strata as a ballet of movement, applying his artistic eye to replicate textures created by eons of earth’s reconfiguration. Casarella’s work displays an intense physicality, indicative of a person whose path to a complete composition requires the whole self. Whether creating a representational piece or total abstraction, Casarella’s work teems with energy and intrigue.