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Je ne suis pas une pipe

I am not a pipe!

Ich bin keine Pfeife!

Baldur Burwitz
2013

Description

Scupture of an elephant.

The strange title of the sculpture is explained by the artist. The head and trunk of the elephant remember to the form a pipe. However, Baldur Burwitz called his little elephant "Je ne suis pas une pipe", an allusion to René Magritte's famous painting Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

Signature

unreadable (probably the casting firm)

Stade - Je ne suis pas une pipe

Sculptor

Baldur Burwitz (Otterndorf 1971), German sculptor from Hamburg (Website).

Sources & Information

Art, das Kunstmagazin, Skulpturenprojekt - Stade Elefant versus Elch

Locatie (N 53°36'2" - E 9°28'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens333; Photograph: 14 April 2016
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