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The Bread Line
by Max Kalish
About the Artwork
Sculptor Max Kalish described his motivation behind creating The Bread Line: "My interest in making this group came to me gradually through years of concern with the question of unemployment and poverty." The sculpture's six figures were modeled separately, then arranged together to make the final composition.
Provenance
Dr. Edward Peterka [1879–1953], Cleveland, OH George Gund II [1888–1966], Beachwood, OH, to Gordon Gund ?–2015: Gordon Gund [b. 1939], Princeton, NJ, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2015–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Max Kalish (American, born Russia [now Lithuania], 1891–1945)
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 37.2 x 50.2 x 23.5 cm (14 5/8 x 19 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Lulie and Gordon Gund
- Accession no.
- 2015.161
More by Max Kalish in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010704
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