Wooden Rooster

c. 1938

Sadie Berman

Associated Names
Sadie Berman

Artist, American, 1897 - 1994

The sculpture depicts a rooster standing upright on a square pedestal. The rooster is carved from wood and painted with various colors. The body features brown and white shades for feathers, the tail has black and red stripes, the comb and wattles are red, the beak is orange, and the eyes have black highlights. The sculpture has a simplistic and stylized form, with two stick-like legs attaching it to the pedestal. The pedestal is a block of wood with visible texture and lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37.9 x 27.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 29" high; 21" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8072

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 41.

Wikidata ID

Q64630209

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