About this artwork
Although her primary focus was painting and drawing, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Suellen Rocca decided to minor in printmaking, taking courses with Vera Berdich, who taught etching. While still a student Rocca married a jeweler and became fascinated with gems and settings. In this etching inspired by jewelers’ catalogs, she transformed rows of gemstones and miniature figures into an ordered script reminiscent of ancient pictograms.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Suellen Rocca
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Title
- Rings
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1961–1968
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Medium
- Etching and drypoint in blue ink with plate tone on white wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image/plate: 32.6 × 50.8 cm (12 7/8 × 20 in.); Sheet: 39.6 × 60.2 cm (15 5/8 × 23 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Rath
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Reference Number
- 1968.627
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Copyright
- © Suellen Rocca
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