- Artist
- Ghisha Koenig 1921–1993
- Medium
- Terracotta on wooden base
- Dimensions
- Object: 500 × 600 × 310 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1995
- Reference
- T06952
Display caption
Ghisha Koenig was interested in the lives of factory workers. As she had no direct experience of this kind of job, she visited factories around England, sometimes for months at a time, where she spent many hours drawing what she saw. Her drawings were the source material for sculptures. These depict the experience of workers, the repetitive tasks and long days spent standing in the same position. Koenig wanted them to be truthful records of the endurance and monotony of factory life.
Gallery label, September 2023
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