The Toiler of the Soil, the Laborer, and the Scholar, (sculpture).

The Toiler of the Soil, the Laborer, and the Scholar, (sculpture).

Ascalon, Maurice, 1913- , sculptor.

The Toiler of the Soil, the Laborer, and the Scholar, (sculpture).

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Approx. 14 ft. x 13 1/2 ft. x 8 in.

Three male robed figures: from left to right, a scholar holding a scroll, a worker holding a hammer, and a farmer holding a till.

Figure group -- Male

Occupation -- Education -- Student

Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll

Occupation -- Labor

Object -- Tool -- Hammer

Occupation -- Farm -- Farmer

Object -- Tool -- Plow

Spertus Museum, 618 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605

Formerly located College of Jewish Studies, Library, Chicago, Illinois

New York World's Fair, New York, 1939-1940.

Originally installed on the facade of the Jewish-Palestine Pavillion of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Commissioned by Israeli architect Arie El-Hanini for the Pavilion. For a period following the World's Fair, the sculpture adorned the facade of the College of Jewish Studies library in Chicago. It was removed prior to the building's demolition. The image of the sculpture now serves as a logo for Ascalon Studios, of which Maurice Ascalon was a co-founder.

Ascalon, Eric J., 2002.

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