Hemlös räv
Hemlös räv ( German : homeless fox ) is the name of a sculpture in the Stockholm district of Norrmalm in Sweden .
location
The sculpture is in front of the house at Strömgatan 22, on the corner of Drottninggatan in the south of Norrmalm, immediately north of the Riksbron to Gamla Stan .
Architecture and history
The small bronze sculpture was created by Laura Ford in 2007 . The sculpture depicts a fox begging in the form of a homeless person . He keeps himself and a young animal warm with a brown blanket. The sculpture was purchased by the Stockholm City Art Collection in 2008 and, following a public vote on the installation site, it was installed at its current location in 2009.
Web links
- Information about the statue on skulptur.stockholm.se (Swedish)
- Information about the sculpture on the Stockholm City website
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 42.4 ″ N , 18 ° 4 ′ 0.1 ″ E