Max Kalish (1891-1945)

'Iron Forger'

Details

Max Kalish (1891-1945)
'Iron Forger'
inscribed 'M·KALISH/26' (on the base)--stamped 'MERONI RADICE/CIRE/PERDUE/PARIS' (along the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, 1940.
By descent to the present owner.

Literature

N.L. Lewis, The Sculpture of Max Kalish, Cleveland, Ohio, 1933, n.p., pl. 13, another example illustrated.
E. Genaver, M. Kalish, Labor Sculpture, New York, 1938, n.p., pl. 13, another example illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work, part of Max Kalish's celebrated Labor series begun in 1921, demonstrates the artist's long-standing admiration of the beauty to be found in the strength and intelligent action of the working man. An example of 'Iron Forger' was awarded Second Prize in a May 1927 exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.

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