The Prophet (4/7) is a public artwork by Spanish artist Pablo Gargallo, located in the Alan and Janet Wurtzburger Sculpture Garden at The Baltimore Museum of Art, which is in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. This bronze sculpture was created in 1933, using the sand casting method, and depicts an abstract male figure with his right arm bent towards the sky and holding a staff in his left hand.
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This sculpture represents a male figure, thought to be John the Baptist, in the Cubist tradition. The figure is positioned in a powerful stance with his right arm raised and mouth open, as if he is delivering a message or a sermon, and he carries a staff in the proper left hand. The Prophet is made of metal planes, structured around a central axis formed by the head, spine and legs. The feet of the figure are flatly planted on the rectangular base. The artist's signature is inscribed on the top of the base, in between the figure's feet, and reads, "P. Gargallo 4/7." On the rear vertical panel of the base is inscribed, "Georges Rudier/Foundeur Paris."