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Aimé-Jules Dalou — Terrassier (Road Worker); Homme à la pelle allant au travail (Man with a Shovel going to work); Casseur de pierres (Stone Breaker)
Aimé-Jules Dalou

Terrassier (Road Worker); Homme à la pelle allant au travail (Man with a Shovel going to work); Casseur de pierres (Stone Breaker)

A bronze representation of a working-class man with a shovel, also known as a stone breaker, by French sculptor Aimé-Jules Dalou. The work captures the dignity and physicality of manual labor through its realistic rendering and varied patina.

Medium
bronze, mid-brown and dark green patinas

🔨 Auction Lot

Sladmore: Life in Bronze

March 31, 2022

Estimate: $3,000$5,000

Lot 51

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Aimé-Jules Dalou, Terrassier (Road Worker); Homme à la pelle allant au travail (Man with a Shovel going to work); Casseur de pierres (Stone Breaker)

A bronze representation of a working-class man with a shovel, also known as a stone breaker, by French sculptor Aimé-Jules Dalou. The work captures the dignity and physicality of manual labor through its realistic rendering and varied patina.

Medium
bronze, mid-brown and dark green patinas
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Figurative Sculpture, Bronze, French, Genre Scene, Worker, Labor, Working Class, Dalou, Social Realism

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