Man with a Pick
Young, a grandson of the Mormon leader Brigham Young, is recognized for his realistic statuettes of manual laborers under physical strain. In Man with a Pick, he heightened the impact of the muscled worker’s exertions by suspending the heavy tool he is wielding over his bowed head. In Young’s self-described "tribute to honest toil," he reflected in his sculpture not only an interest in the male body and masculinity, but also his advocacy of the work ethic, a central Mormon tenet.
Artwork Details
- Title: Man with a Pick
- Artist: Mahonri Mackintosh Young (American, Salt Lake City, Utah 1877–1957 Norwalk, Connecticut)
- Date: 1915, cast 1918
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: 28 1/4 × 9 × 9 1/4 in. (71.8 × 22.9 × 23.5 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, 1918
- Object Number: 18.107
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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