Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares, by Evgeniy Vuchetich (1908–1974)
THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK / ART RESOURCE, NY
Isaiah’s beautiful vision of peace in Isaiah 2 is the Old Testament lesson for the first Sunday of Advent. Evgeniy Vuchetich powerfully and evocatively captures Isaiah’s vision in this bronze statue. It stands in the garden of the United Nations, a gift from the Soviet Union in 1959. In the midst of the cold war, the gift was regarded by some as a propagandistic ploy by the Soviets.
