Walter Rogalski, White Claw, 1952

Walter Rogalski

White Claw, 1952

Engraving on antique-white laid Homere paper

Hand signed, numbered 6/25, dated and titled on lower front ; affixed to original matting

30 3/5 × 24 1/5 inches

Unframed

"White Claw" a vintage pencil signed etching from the limited edition of only 25 by master printmaker and renowned graphic artist Walter Roganski, depicts a praying mantis, an example of the artist's stark, surrealistic preoccupation with the insect world. Although the subject matter is uniquely his, the style is reminiscent of master printmaker Stanley Hayter, whose school, Atelier 17, had become very influential in post WWII America.
Measurements:
30 5/8 x 24 1/8 inches (matted)
24 1/8 x 18 1/4 inches (window)
23 3/8 x 17 3/4 inches (image)
Walter R. Rogalski, printmaker and lecturer, was born in Glen Cove, New York on April 10, 1925. He studied at the Brooklyn Museum School and studied with Zavier Gonzalez, Arthur Osver and Gabor Peterdi between 1947 and 1951. Rogalski was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists and he lectured on etching, engraving, lithography and photo silkscreen. Rogalski was an Associate Professor of Graphic Art in the Graduate School of Art and Design at the Pratt Institute.
His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Fogg Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Art Museum and the Library of Congress. He authored Prints and Drawings by Walter R. Rogalski and contributed to Artists Proof magazine. Walter Rogalski died on his birthday, April 10, in 1996 in New York.