FLIGHT

The statue of a man and a woman fleeing was created in 1941 during the depths of World War II. Some see them as Lot and his wife (Genesis 19:26), but it is he, not she, who is looking back over his shoulder. Their clothes are nondescript and timeless. Perhaps they represent all refugees fleeing from war, persecution, hunger, or poverty.

Flight is carved directly in black granite, 36 inches high with the base 20 x 20 inches.  It was shown at the American Sculpture Exhibition at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg, PA in 1941 and subsequently at MOMA in New York and elsewhere.