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"Agriculture, " Bronze, Allegorical Art Deco Sculptural Relief Celebrating Labor

$2,360
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About the Item

A Classic example of WPA-era sculpture celebrating the worker, this beautiful bronze bas relief depicts a shirtless laborer in the fields, with a scythe in one hand and a sheaf of wheat in the other. The figure is stylized and the wheat even more so, the heads of grain having a chiseled, almost machine-like quality that makes the sculpture very modern in feeling.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Bronze,Cast
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1930s
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU865118361842

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