Jonathan Borofsky, Man with Briefcase, 1987-1988, Cor-Ten steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (2022)

Jonathan Borofsky’s monumental silhouette of a man carrying a briefcase portrays an urban Everyman. The artist was inspired in 1979 by a newspaper advertisement for men’s suits and subsequently made this archetypal office worker a recurring theme in his work.