Horseman
Artist
Vasso Katraki
(1914 - 1988 )
Date1964-66
MediumStonecut (engraving on sandstone)
Dimensions105.3 x 75.4 cm
Collection No1144
Description"Horseman" by Vasso Katraki is a
stonecut print, characteristic not only for its particular technique, but also
for its subject matter, linking this equestrian image to Cycladic figurines and
black-figure vase painting. These influences expand to the formal treatment
of Katraki’s horseman: the austere design, almost single-block volumes, the
forced foreshortening and elongation of the bodies, and artful stylisation
revamp a perennial subject in Greek collective memory and tradition from antiquity
to contemporary popular imagery.