Fishing (sculpture)

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ArtistKarl Kahlich
Year1938
Typecarved Currie Park limestone
Location4434 W. Marion St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fishing
ArtistKarl Kahlich
Year1938
Typecarved Currie Park limestone
Location4434 W. Marion St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnerHousing Authority of the City of Milwaukee

Fishing is a public art work by Karl Kahlich located in Monument Park at the Parklawn development of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, northwest of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fishing is carved from local limestone and depicts a figure in a cap holding a large fish.[1] The sculpture was installed in 1938 as one of four public artworks based on the theme of leisure activity.[2]

Fishing is carved from a large block of limestone quarried at nearby Currie Park.[3] The figure's head wears a cap and his hand holds a fish. Grasping the fish with one hand, the figure uses the other hand to remove a hook from the fish's mouth.[1]

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The artwork was commissioned during the federal Works Progress Administration's campaign to put Americans to work by improving local infrastructure under Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. When Milwaukee constructed Parklawn using WPA labor, Karl Kahlich was commissioned to create decorative sculptures for the development's massive park. Kahlich was a participant in the Federal Art Project of the WPA.[4]

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