Scale model for Man Controlling Trade

Michael Lantz, Scale model for Man Controlling Trade, 1937, plaster, 19 1218 589 58 in. (49.647.424.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1982.100

Artwork Details

Title
Scale model for Man Controlling Trade
Date
1937
Dimensions
19 1218 589 58 in. (49.647.424.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — other — trade
  • Animal — horse
  • Figure male — full length
  • Study — sculpture model
Object Number
1982.100

Artwork Description

In 1938, Michael Lantz won the competition to design two sculptures for the Apex Building, home of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. The widely publicized “Apex Competition” was the largest American sculpture competition ever held, receiving almost five hundred models from more than two hundred artists. Lantz submitted small models of his designs, each showing a heroic figure straining to control a powerful horse. The final, seventeen-foot-long statues were completed in 1942 and installed outside the eastern entrance of the Federal Trade Commission building, where they can be seen today.

Works by this artist (12 items)

Willem de Kooning, The Wave, ca. 1942-1944, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection, 1980.6.1
The Wave
Dateca. 1942-1944
oil on fiberboard
On view
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1966, oil and newspaper on board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David Motheral in honor of Cornelia J. Strawser, 2021.97.1
Untitled
Date1966
oil and newspaper on board
Not on view
Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1950, enamel on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Vincent Melzac Collection through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1980.5.2
Untitled
Date1950
enamel on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Willem de Kooning, Woman, ca. 1952-1953, pastel on paper mounted on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Vincent Melzac Collection through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1980.5.3
Woman
Dateca. 1952-1953
pastel on paper mounted on canvas
Not on view