Artefact Type:

sculpture

Description:

This majestic sculpture by Thayaht is a streamlined representation of a man diving into water and creating concentric circles around him, developing the expressive power of the 'straight line'.

Material(s):

Antiqued plaster on metal base

Current Location:

CLM Seeber collection, Rome

Size:

289 x 142 x 142

Notes:

There exists a second smaller version that the artist produced for the 1936 Berlin Olimpics.

Artist(s):

Ernesto Michahelles (known as 'Thayaht')

Creation Start Date :

1932

Theme(s) :

Public art
Second Futurism

Tag(s) :

Cultural modernity
State art
Classical tradition
New Man
Realism
Avant-gardism
Rhythm
Volumetry
Internationalism
Collectivity
Modern realism
Aesthetic theorization
Aesthetic modernity
Public spectacle