Statue of Industry, Modern sculpture in Vysočany, Czech Republic

The Statue of Industry is a bronze allegorical figure of a naked man, about 3.1 m tall, standing in contrapposto with a gear wheel in his left hand, a drapery over his raised right arm and a laurel wreath in his hair. It stands on a plinth on a small block pedestal in a park by Sokolovská street, near the Vysočany polyclinic.

The bronze was cast in 1938 by František Barták after a model by Vincenc Makovský, signed "VINC. MAKOVSKÝ 1938" on the plinth. It was made as a pair with the sculpture Trade, and both first stood by the Stock Exchange (National Assembly) building. In 1945 they were moved to Zbraslav; Industry later came to its present spot by the Vysočany polyclinic, while Trade went to Příbram and has disappeared. It has been a protected monument since 3 May 1958.

The figure is an allegory of industry: a naked male holding a cogwheel in his left hand, a laurel wreath in his hair and drapery over his raised right arm. The statue is signed "VINC. MAKOVSKÝ 1938" on its plinth. It was cast in bronze by František Barták and forms a pair with the sculpture Obchod (Trade).

The bronze stands in a small park by Sokolovská street on the left bank of the Rokytka, near the Vysočany polyclinic in Prague 9. Trams run along Sokolovská; the metro station is Vysočanská. The statue is outdoors and freely viewable at any hour, on a low stone plinth.

The bronze was cast by František Barták, and the plinth bears the engraved signature "VINC. MAKOVSKÝ 1938". The statue's pair, Obchod, stood with it at the Peněžní burza until both were moved to Zbraslav in 1945; Obchod later went to Příbram and has disappeared.