Prometheus
Pierre Roche (French, 1855–1922)
c. early 1900s
Medium
gypsograph
Dimensions
image: 29.7 × 44.5 cm · sheet: 32.5 × 47.5 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Louise S. Richards
Accession Number
1991.254
Tags
male
About this artwork
Since Roche was primarily a sculptor and ceramist, he sought a more three-dimensional printmaking technique and experimented with the gypsograph, which is printed in relief. The figure of Prometheus (a Greek mythological figure punished by Zeus) appears to have been carved from the rocky outcropping behind it. At the same time, Roche created the effect of transparent water and reflection in the lower portion of the composition.