The Destroyed City (sculpture by Ossip Zadkine)

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The Destroyed City is a powerful bronze sculpture by Ossip Zadkine depicting a human figure with a gaping hole in its torso, symbolizing the heart torn out of Rotterdam after its devastation in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public artwork
sculpture
alsoKnownAs De verwoeste stad NERFINISHED
artisticTheme loss
memory
urban destruction
war
commissionedBy City of Rotterdam NERFINISHED
country Netherlands
creator Ossip Zadkine NERFINISHED
depicts human figure
torso with gaping hole
genre expressionist sculpture
memorial sculpture
hasArtisticStyle expressionism NERFINISHED
hasColor dark bronze
hasCulturalSignificance war memorial of Rotterdam
hasPart contorted body
open chest cavity
raised arms
hasType outdoor sculpture
height approximately 6.5 metres
inception 1953
isSubjectOf art historical studies
tourist guides to Rotterdam
languageOfAlternateName Dutch
locatedIn centre of Rotterdam
locatedInPublicSpace true
location Rotterdam NERFINISHED
materialUsed bronze
movement Modernism
notableWorkOf Ossip Zadkine NERFINISHED
subjectOf commemoration of Rotterdam Blitz
symbolizes bombing of Rotterdam
destruction of Rotterdam
devastation of World War II
heart torn out of the city
unveiledIn 1953
yearOfEventCommemorated 1940

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Bombing of Rotterdam memorial The Destroyed City (sculpture by Ossip Zadkine)