Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman is a sculpture of two figures with a hammer and a sickle raised over their heads. The concept and compositional design belong to the Soviet architect Boris Iofan. It is 24.5 m
Ouvrier kolkhosienne 2
1937 Expo pavilion in Paris
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman from the VDNKh Main Gate
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman in 2022
Vera Mukhina
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Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina was a Soviet sculptor and painter. She was nicknamed "the queen of Soviet sculpture". She was one of the members of the art association ‘The Four Arts’, which existed in Moscow
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
…concept and compositional design belong to the Soviet architect Boris Iofan. It is 24.5 metres (78 feet) high, made from stainless steel by sculptor Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of socialist realism in an Art Deco aesthetic. The…
Portrait by Mikhail Nesterov, 1940, oils; Tretyakov Gallery
Theatrical costume design (1916)