Rooster,1971 Oil on canvas 68.5 x 48.5 cm (27 x 19 in) Alcuaz's rooster, with puffed chest and razor beak, is elevated to meet the spectator eye to eye__blackened feathers rendered in the impastoed graphic strokes reminiscent of the artist's Barcelona period merging with the hubbub of its surroundings to convey an atmosphere of frenetic energy.