Art Nouveau bronze figure  of a worker carrying stone ( symbol of labor) was created ca.1910  by famous Austrian  sculptor Hans Müller , (1873 -1937). He was a pupil of Kühne and Hellmer, worked in Vienna.

Literature :  Thieme/Becker " Aritst Lexicon from Ancient to Contamporary ", Lepzig, 1975 (in German).

Inscription: signed H.Müller and memory metall  plaque with German gift inscription : Dem geistigen der dankbare manuelle Arbeiter  (in English: For the  spiritual, from the grateful manual worker). 

Technique: bronze with brown patina

Measurements:  h. 15" (38 cm).

Condition: in  good condition.