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Felix Nylund

(Finland, 1878-1940)
Felix Nylund
(Finland, 1878-1940)

Felix Nylund, The philosopher Christensen.

Sign.1907. Bronze. Height 45 cm.

Wear due to age and use. Minor wear.

Literature

"Felix Nylund-Llv och verk", Bengt von Bondsdorff, Föreningen Konstsamfundet, Helsinki 1990, equivalent sculpture illustrated on p.42.

More information

The model for this sculpture was the "Copenhagen eccentric" Christensen, who daily stood outside a certain café in Copenhagen. According to Nylund he was not a beggar, but people walking by gave him money anyway.

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