Abstract Vera Mukhina’s 1937 sculpture The Worker and the Collective Farm Girl is a famous work of Soviet-era art in the Russian Federation. In this article, I argue that the dancer Isadora Duncan inspired elements of the artwork. After describing the statue, I relate its physicality to Duncan’s style of dancing. From there, I examine Duncan’s motivations for choosing to reside in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, and those of the Soviet government for inviting her. I proceed to explore Duncan’s influence on Soviet Physical Culture and the New Soviet Man and Woman. Finally, I interpret the statue’s motifs in the context of Mukhina’s larger body of work, tracing how the sculptor’s and the dancer’s lives intersected over a fifteen-year period.

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集体农场女孩还是舞者？伊莎多拉·邓肯 (Isadora Duncan) 和维拉·穆希娜 (Vera Mukhina) 的雕塑

摘要 Vera Mukhina 1937 年的雕塑《工人和集体农场女郎》是俄罗斯联邦苏联时期的著名艺术作品。在这篇文章中，我认为舞者 Isadora Duncan 激发了艺术作品的元素。在描述了雕像之后，我将它的物理特性与邓肯的舞蹈风格联系起来。从那里，我考察了邓肯在 1920 年代选择留在苏联的动机，以及苏联政府邀请她的动机。我继续探索邓肯对苏联体育文化和新苏联男女的影响。最后，我在 Mukhina 更大范围的作品的背景下解释了雕像的主题，追溯了雕塑家和舞者的生活在十五年的时间里是如何交叉的。