Tauzieher

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Tauzieher
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ArtistNikolaus Friedrich
LocationRheinauhafen, Cologne, Germany

The Tauzieher (

heritage sites
in Cologne.

History

Flora und Botanischer Garten Köln, he exhibited a sculpted male figure that excited considerable admiration in art circles.[1] A plan was devised to install a version of the work, about twice the size of the original, on an appropriate site in the city. The Cologne friends of the arts took up a collection and when the amount collected was insufficient, the city pledged the remainder.[2][3] The chosen location was a vacant piece of ground next to the timber market, opposite the new harbour. Erection of the scaffolding began on 21 September 1910. The statue was unveiled on 4 March 1911.[1][4][5] It was the first free-standing sculpture in public space in Cologne.[6]

Detail of the statue from a different angle

The work is approximately 6.5 metres (21 ft) tall, of which the base makes up a little more than half.[7][8] A reporter wrote in the Kölnisches Tageblatt:

"The Herculean naked man has climbed upon the bollard, which emerges at its base from unformed rock, and, leaning forwards, is hauling the rope up in order to secure it to it. His legs are clamped around the wood [of the bollard], and while his right [hand] is busy pulling the big hawser up with all his strength, the left firmly grasps the bollard."[7]

In the pose and the modelling of the naked and muscular upper body, the statue is reminiscent of the Belvedere Torso.[6]

Together with the nearby swing bridge and the railing on the pier, the Tauzieher was listed as a historical monument (number 66) on 1 July 1980 shortly after the North Rhine-Westphalia state law for the protection of monuments went into effect that day.[4][9]

Tauzieher has been the subject of one of Tatzu Nishi's transformations, Obdach (1997).[10]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9783886093106
    .
  2. ^ Kölner Localanzeiger issue 83, 27 March 1910.
  3. ^ "Vermischtes", Kunstchronik, New Series volume 21 (1909/1910) issue 21 (1 April 1910) pp. 348–49 (Online at University of Heidelberg digital library) (in German)
  4. ^
    ISBN 9783761614150
    .
  5. ISBN 3-7927-0455-2
    , p. 72.
  6. ^ a b Helmut Fußbroich, Tauzieher Archived 2013-02-11 at archive.today m.skulpturenfuehrer.de. (in German) Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  7. ^ a b Kölnisches Tageblatt issue 435, 22 September 1910: "Der herkulische nackte Mann ist auf den Pfahl geklettert der aus unten ungegliedertem Gestein sich entwickelt und zieht, vornüber gebeugt, das Tau empor, um es an dem Pfahl zu befestigen. Die Beine umklammern das Holz und während die Rechte mit aller Kraft das große Tau emporzureißen sich bemüht, hält die Linke sich oben fest am Pfahl.
  8. OCLC 75040661
    .
  9. OCLC 18461473
  10. ISBN 978-1-84631-751-4
    .

Further reading

  • Wilfried Hausmann. "Der 'Tauzieher' am Kölner Rheinauhafen". Denkmalpflege im Rheinland 2 (1989) 1–4 (in German)

External links

  • Media related to Tauzieher at Wikimedia Commons

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