Rooster (Gallic Cock)
1916 (plaster), cast 1919
Raymond Duchamp-Villon
Raymond Duchamp-Villon (French, 1876–1918)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Rooster (Gallic Cock), 1916 (plaster), cast 1919. Raymond Duchamp-Villon (French, 1876–1918). Painted bronze; overall: 43.5 x 36 x 5.5 cm (17 1/8 x 14 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride 1972.227 Before being embraced by artists, the term "Cubism" originated from an insult. The same is true of Gallus, a Latin word meaning both "rooster" and "inhabitant of Gaul" (present-day France). Once used to mock the French, the rooster was reclaimed as a national symbol of triumph, as pictured here.
- Maker/Artist
- Duchamp-Villon, Raymond
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- painted bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 43.5 x 36 x 5.5 cm (17 1/8 x 14 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1972.227
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1972, Circa 1930
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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