Most of my posts lately come from my archives and I'm sorry to admit I can't find any additional information on this statue. I think it was taken somewhere near the Heinrich Heine Straße U-bahn station. I hope you'll enjoy it anyway! You'll find more interesting finds at Tuesday Treasures.
unknown and sad
ReplyDeleteI like the melancholy.
ReplyDeleteIt is the Heinrich Heine monument by Carin Kreuzberg placed in 1990.
ReplyDeleteVery sorrowful.
ReplyDeleteA thoughtful pose - I really like it! Maybe I'm taken in because it's in Berlin! Forgot who Heinrich Heine was, so I'll look it up. Enjoy your week! Hope you enjoy your new job?
ReplyDeleteAm back - Heine was a poet, which put this pose in context. They write about him that his poetry had a lightness to it, that was (in Germany) not known before. The face in the sculpture looks like a painted portrait of him (Wikipedia).
ReplyDeleteI saw the same in a movie, I do not remember the title
ReplyDeleteAh, but I remember this: "His quote about burning books is prominently displayed in the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem." ~ Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteInteresting statue, he looks humble.
ReplyDeleteWe love your engagement with your subject more than mere facts! Yes we enjoy when you share your insider knowledge of Berlin. But it is your eye and heart that engage us more <3
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of Death in Ingmar Bergman's film.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely statue. I like the placement of his hands and I see by the comments he has been identified!
ReplyDeleteSort of a bit "creepy" looking, just from the expression on it's face.
ReplyDeleteI think it is quite a fine sculpture, Hal. It must be hard maintaining a blog while working at a new job.
ReplyDeleteIt is gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful. I hate to admit how many current shots I have where I've forgotten to get information about what I'm shooting! (And since a couple of people have mentioned it, let me add, too, that I hope your new job is going well for you.)
ReplyDeleteSomehow it conveys a sense of loss to me. It's very powerful.
ReplyDeleteHe looks deep in thought, the way I often think great poets might look. ;)
ReplyDeletei do like it...i hate though when i can't find info on something like this! seems a shame to let it go unknown!
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly not a happy statue. Probably has something to do with the war...and perhaps the Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteIt looks so lonely!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting statue.
ReplyDeleteHe looks a little sad Hal, a memorial maybe?
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