Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled (Defenders)
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Location
- Dimensions
- 11 3⁄4 x 21 x 7 5⁄8 in. (29.9 x 53.3 x 19.4 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ciel Frampton Thalinger and Ernest J. Thalinger
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- terra cotta
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Figure group — male
- Object Number
- 1990.2
Artwork Description
Frederic Jean Thalinger carved this piece around 1940, at the outbreak of World War II. The title clearly refers to the war, but this work is also thought to refer to the great labor strikes of the Depression years. The sculpture shows five huge male figures, whose determined expressions and immovable stances offer a convincing expression of worker solidarity.