Wooden Rooster

Sadie Berman

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture depicts a rooster standing upright on a square pedestal. The rooster is carved from wood and painted with various colors. The body features brown and white shades for feathers, the tail has black and red stripes, the comb and wattles are red, the beak is orange, and the eyes have black highlights. The sculpture has a simplistic and stylized form, with two stick-like legs attaching it to the pedestal. The pedestal is a block of wood with visible texture and lines.