Song of Iron

Albert Abramovitz

Three blacksmiths work as a team to forge a sickle on an anvil. The man to the left secures the iron on the anvil while the middle figure gets ready to strike the blade. The third man, on the right, readies his hammer to strike when the other is finished.

The sickle was a symbol of solidarit between the peasantry and the working class during the Russian Revolution, becoming a symbol for the labor movement in 1917. It was adopted by communist movements, coupled with a hammer. The hammer and sickle still remains as a symbol, even after the fall of communism in the Soviet bloc in 1991.