It was designed as a composite of the face of dancer Ellen Price and the torso of the sculptor's own wife, Eline.
It was designed as a composite of the face of dancer Ellen Price and the torso of the sculptor's own wife, Eline. Placed near Langelinie Quay, this fragile-looking piece by Edward Eriksen was targeted by a 1964 project by the Situationist International art movement, whose leader, Jorgen Nash, decapitated it to protest consumerism. Another incident saw dynamite used to blow this bronze statue off its usual perch, a boulder in the harbor, and still another saw vandals spray paint a bra and panties on it. FTP, name this oft-abused statue located in Copenhagen and inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen story.
It was designed as a composite of the face of dancer Ellen Price and the torso of the sculptor's own wife, Eline.
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