Lifting power

Suomen kaapelitehdas (now Nokia), a cable factory, erected Lifting power in 1962, to commemorate it’s 50th anniversary.

Matti Haupt’s (1912-1999) Lifting power depicts a man lifting the globe. The sculpture was made in Italy, where it was also shown prior to being shipped to Helsinki. The figure in the work refers to the history of sculpture. Stylistically, it resembles the Realism of the late 1 ...