sabato 15 agosto 2009

Otakar Švec "The Stalin Monument " 1955


The Monument was located on a huge concrete pedestal, which can still be visited in
Letná Park. It was the largest group statue in Europe, measuring 15.5 meters in height and 22 metres in length. The sculptor was Otakar Švec, who, under pressure from the government and secret police while receiving hate mail from Czech citizens, killed himself three weeks before the unveiling.