Detail, Daniel Chester French's 1904 Bronze, Labor Reading, Pittsburgh, PA. By: takomabibelot, – Vintage Wall Art
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This historic image of Detail, Daniel Chester French's 1904 Bronze, Labor Reading, Pittsburgh, PA. By: takomabibelot, brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Detail, Daniel Chester French's 1904 Bronze, Labor Reading, Pittsburgh, PA. By: takomabibelot,
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This close view isolates a part of Daniel Chester French's 1904 bronze *Labor Reading*, the figure's absorbed attention on the book in its lap, which the sculptor used to treat working people as thoughtful readers rather than only as laborers. French was best known in his day for the seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, and his public sculpture often mixed allegory with realistic detail. The piece stands in Pittsburgh, a city then reshaped by steel and by the libraries and civic institutions funded with industrial fortunes. Photographing a single detail like this draws attention to the modeling of the bronze surface and the quiet gesture that makes the work more than a monument to labor.
| Original scan | 2,359 × 3,217 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2896336385_5c0df5dd47_o Detail, Daniel Chester French's 1904 Bronze, Labor Reading (Pittsburgh, PA) takomabibelot |
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