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The Driller

c. 1926
sculptor

Max Kalish

(American, born Russian Empire [now Lithuania], 1891–1945)
Culture
America, Ohio, Cleveland
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Overall: 40.7 x 24.2 x 19.8 cm (16 x 9 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Friends of the Artist 1947.278
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
001A ArtLens Exhibition
Print
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Did You Know?

When Max Kalish (born Kalichik) was two years old, his Orthodox Jewish family emigrated from Lithuania to Cleveland.

Description

Kalish's celebratory sculptures of laborers rank among his most admired works. Although he was based in Cleveland and New York, the artist often had these bronzes cast during annual trips to Paris. His creative philosophy is summed up in the following statement: "We must learn to create from the living present. In this modern industrial age, tremendous, heroic tasks are being performed and it is here that we will find our greatest art expression."
Brown, bronze sculpture depicting a muscular man pressing a cylindrical drill half their height into the roughly circular base he stands on. Knees bent, he bends over the drill, pressing down on the top with his left hand, his left elbow bent straight up. He extends his right arm to place his hand on the base. He has close-cropped hair and is shirtless, wearing trousers, gloves, and shoes pushing into the sculpture base's undulating surface.

The Driller

c. 1926

Max Kalish

(American, born Russian Empire [now Lithuania], 1891–1945)
America, Ohio, Cleveland

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