Prometheus Strangling the Vulture
1943, cast 1953 by Jacques Lipchitz
As the Nazis threatened Europe, Lipchitz’s work moved toward allegory. Prometheus refers to the mythical hero who gave humans the liberating gift of fire. As punishment, the gods condemned him to be eaten forever by a bird of prey. But in Lipchitz’s version, Prometheus is subduing the terrible bird — an optimistic prediction of human victory over evil.