Climax by Edmond Casarella
Climax
Edmond Casarella
Title
Climax
Artist
Edmond Casarella
1920 - 1996 (biography)Year
c. 1960
Technique
woodcut
Image Size
20 3/8 x 18 1/8" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
proof; edition less than 20
Annotations
pencil titled, lower center
Reference
Paper
antique-white laid
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
NC224
Price
$2,200.00
Description
An edition of 100 numbered impressions of this image, under the title "Impact", were printed for the New Jersey private college Upsala in the early 1960s. Upsala College, which closed its doors in 1995, was a liberal arts school founded in 1893.
It's not clear which came first, the school poster or the stand-alone image, but the composition is nevertheless an exemplary Abstract Expressionist piece from mid0century America.