"Mukhina's Sculpture Worker and Kolhoz Woman," 1960s
Gelatin silver print
15 x 10 3/4 inches

"Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" is a 24.5 meter (78 feet) high sculpture made of stainless steel by Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The worker holds aloft a hammer and the kolkhoz woman a sickle to form the hammer and sickle symbol. In cinema,"Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" was chosen to serve as the logo for the Mosfilm studio.