Live Auction 2822American Art
Max Kalish (1891-1945)
Lot 125

Max Kalish (1891-1945)

'Iron Forger'

Closed26 February 2014

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USD 35,000

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Max Kalish (1891-1945)
'Iron Forger'
inscribed 'M·KALISH/26' (on the base)--stamped 'MERONI RADICE/CIRE/PERDUE/PARIS' (along the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high

Private collection, 1940.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work, part of Max Kalish's celebrated Labor series begun in 1921, demonstrates the artist's long-standing admiration of the beauty to be found in the strength and intelligent action of the working man. An example of 'Iron Forger' was awarded Second Prize in a May 1927 exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.