Pond
Jørn Larsen
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Date:
2002
Type:
Pond
Materials:
Halmstad granite, concrete
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation and the New Carlsberg Foundation
Prework:
Drawing of the ground plan dated "18.05.1999"
Placement
Address:
Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Stig Miss: Thorvaldsens Museum. En ny plads foran Thorvaldsens Museum i: Med hjælp fra...Ny Carlsbergfondet i dag, København 2002, 318-21. Peter Olesen viser rundt til sine 25 yndlingssteder i København, København 2008, 14-16
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Description
In the autumn of 1999 a competition was announced between the artists Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, Erik Heide, Per Kirkeby, Jørn Larsen, Øyvind Nygård and Morten Stræde. Jørn Larsen was the winner with his circular pond in which a geometrical pattern is created on a concrete base by means of granite mouldings each 12 cm wide. There are in reality two interlinked ponds divided by the granite pattern. The landscape architect Torben Schønherr was in charge of the redesign of the square as a single, peaceful and coherent whole, in which the pond is placed as an adornment. One of the old acacias was allowed to remain standing.
