Samuel Gompers

Object Details

Artist

Moses Wainer Dykaar, born Vilna, Russia 1884-died New York City 1933

Sitter

Samuel Gompers

Luce Center Label

Samuel Gompers was the founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor. Born in England in 1850, he moved to the United States when he was thirteen and worked as a cigar maker. He was involved with the labor movement as a youth and saw the need for a national association of unions. Under his leadership, the AFL set a limit on child labor, ensured fixed hours for the working day, and established Labor Day as the workingman’s holiday. In 1925, Moses Dykaar presented the marble version of this bust to the AFL on behalf of the Cloth Cap and Fur Workers unions.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist

1924

Object number

1932.12.2

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Medium

plaster

Dimensions

22 1/4 x 22 1/8 x 12 1/4 in. (56.4 x 56.2 x 31.1 cm.)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Portrait male\bust

Record ID

saam_1932.12.2

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e14d8101-c0d5-4d1b-9a5c-9b36914b0e11