1923
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1923 photographic by Erik Lindberg, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a carved relief showing a woman in a long dress, lifting a huge stone block with both hands. Her hair is pulled back, and she’s barefoot, standing on a flat surface with a small plant and a broken column nearby. The background is simple, with just the stone and a few lines. The text below reads like an old Swedish phrase, but it roughly means “artists’ contributions to human cultivation.” The woman’s effort looks strong but controlled, almost like she’s showing how hard work shapes things. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this relief in person.
A black-and-white photograph is mounted on a green card as part of a collection bequeathed by William Kineton Parkes in 1938. Kineton Parkes, a novelist, art historian, and librarian known for his work on sculpture, solicited responses from sculptors in the 1920s through questionnaires, and this image is one of the submissions he received.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Johan Erik Lindberg (31 December 1873 – 28 September 1966) was a Swedish sculptor and engraver. He was best known for designing the Nobel Prize medals.
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