Strike
Berta Margoulies
American, born Poland, 1907–1996

Details
Title
Strike
Artist/Maker
Berta Margoulies (American, born Poland, 1907–1996)
Date
1948
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
23 3/4 x 16 x 12 1/4 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from Sherri and Jess Crawford
Accession #
2004.176
Forced to emigrate from their native Poland before World War I, Berta Margoulies and her family eventually settled in New York in 1921. Along with William Zorach, Margoulies became a charter member of the Sculptors Guild, a progressive organization established to support artists producing work “for the people” during the Great Depression. Although the laborers’ signs in this sculpture are blank, Margoulies uses the medium to formulate a powerful statement of united purpose—evoking themes of race, class, and social struggle.
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