Longshoreman

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Longshoreman
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  • Title :     Longshoreman
  • Artist:     Unknown, Artist
  • Accession:     84.6.21.1
  • Country:     United States
  • Date:     circa 1936
  • Dimensions:     Inches 51 68 11, Centimeters 129.5 172.7 27.9
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Subject:     Sculpture/Sculpture Design , Figurative , Theatres/Theatre Design , Laborers/Workers
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     84.6.21.1.JPG
  • Tags:     Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Plaster relief depicting a stylized image of a man on a dock with piers and pilings behind him; figure is kneeling on one knee with tackle thrown over his shoulder; one hand is holding onto a pier or piling; electrical wiring allows the relief to be illuminated from the base; from the Rio Theatre, Minneapolis.