The Competitor
Robert Tait McKenzie
1906, cast ca. 1907–8 · Bronze · The American Wing
In his sculptures, the Canadian-born McKenzie, a practicing physician and the director of the Department of Physical Education at Philadelphia’s University of Pennsylvania, portrayed athletes in varying states of motion and rest. A sense of impending action is present in "The Competitor," in which a lithe runner kneels to lace his shoe in a solitary moment before a race.
- Artist
- Robert Tait McKenzie
- Date
- 1906, cast ca. 1907–8
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1909
