The Bomb Thrower (Pasquale)
Artist
Maurice Sterne
(American, born in Latvia, 1878–1957)
DateModeled 1910; probably cast around 1914
Mediumbronze, with black patina
Dimensions30.1 cm (11 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number1928.7
Label TextEarly twentieth-century Italy was a place of dynamic cultural unrest. A loose confederation of young artists and their supporters called the Futurists advocated for a break with the past, embracing the unpredictable in art and society and praising technology, the machine, warfare, and violent social change. Such a mood is expressed in this portrait of a young anarchist, first modeled in wax by the sculptor Maurice Sterne while living and working in Rome between 1910 and 1911. When the artist cast the work in bronze several years later, he eliminated the model’s distinctive curly hair and mustache to create this idealized image of modern youth, unsentimental and ruthless.
Another example of Sterne’s work may be seen locally near the Museum. In 1929, he unveiled the Rogers-Kennedy Memorial in Worcester’s Elm Park, celebrating the accomplishments of early settlers.
Caption: Maurice Sterne, Rogers-Kennedy Memorial, 1929, Elm Park, Worcester, MA.On View
Not on view
