Boy struggling into his shirt
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Boy struggling into his shirt is a photographic by Ercole Drei, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a black-and-white photo of a small statue. It shows a boy standing on a square base, twisting his upper body to pull a shirt over his head. His left arm is stretched high, while his right arm holds the shirt in place. The statue looks smooth and simple, with no extra details. The photo’s label has numbers but no clear date. The boy’s pose is awkward but realistic, like someone caught mid-motion. If you like this, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more sculptures like it.
A photograph mounted on green card, this image is part of a collection bequeathed in 1938 by William Kineton Parkes, a novelist, art historian, and librarian known for his work on sculpture. Parkes distributed questionnaires to sculptors in the 1920s, and this photograph was among the responses he received. The collection is now held in the Archive of Art and Design.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Ercole Drei was an Italian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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