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The Prophet (4/7) is a public artwork by Spanish artist Pablo Gargallo, located in the Alan and Janet Wurtzburger Sculpture Garden at The Baltimore Museum of Art, which is in Baltimore, MD, United States.
- Bronze , Edition (4/7)
December 28, 1934, Reus (aged 53) Notable Works: “The Prophet”. Movement / Style: Cubism. Pablo Gargallo (born 1881, Mailla, Spain—died December 28, 1934, Reus) was a Spanish sculptor who was among the first artists to work in iron. He introduced Pablo Picasso to metal sculpture.
Category: Sculpture. Entry date: 1988. Observations: Entry date: 1988 (from the redistribution of the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo [MEAC] collection) Register number: AS02696.
In 1933, one year before his death, Gargallo in Paris completed the more than lifesized statue The Prophet. The artwork has an important calibration value and switching function as the crowning achievement of an entire development that has characterized the work of the artist continuously.
Pablo Gargallo in 1910. Pablo Emilio or Pau Emili Gargallo (5 January 1881 – 28 December 1934), known simply as Pau or Pablo Gargallo, was a Spanish sculptor and painter.
The Prophet (St. John the Baptist) Artist Pablo Gargallo (Spanish, 1881-1934) Date1933. MediumBronze. Dimensions91 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 19 in. (233 x 74.9 x 48.3 cm.) Collection AreaSCULPTURE. Credit LineAlan and Janet Wurtzburger Collection. Object number1966.55.8.
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Great Prophet is the most monumental of sculptures made by Gargallo and one of the most emblematic of his entire production and, for that matter, of Spanish sculpture in the first half of the 20th century.
