Polished stones marked with the words ‘In the hands of the proletariat’ made for Glasgow Women’s Library by New Zealand-based artist Fiona Jack, the great grand-niece of Scottish activist and suffragette Helen Crawfurd.
Part of a larger installation in the ‘Our Red Aunt’ exhibition, where exhibition visitors were invited to take away one of the engraved stones.
Item Details
Date: 2018
Catalogue record: GWL-2019-70-2
Type of object: Sculpture
Material: Stone
Size: Stones vary in size and shape but both bear the slogan