WPA Art Collection -- Illinois State Museum

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Onward
Simon Gordon ( )
plaster, circa 1935 - 1940
28 1/2 x 21 x 14 inches
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cheskin

This large, painted plaster sculpture depicts a poor, perhaps homeless family during the Depression. The gesture of the bodies pushing forward against the wind is a metaphor for their striving against poverty and want.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
photograph by Gary Andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1967.088

<i>Onward</i><br>Simon Gordon ( )

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