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The Spring Snowflake
  • TitleThe Spring Snowflake
  • Technique/ MaterialMarble
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h) 161 cm
    Weight: (massa) 175 kg
  • DatingSigned 1883
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Per Hasselberg, Swedish, born 1849, dead 1894
  • CategorySculpture
  • ClassificationSkulptur
  • Geographical originParis, France
  • Inventory No.NMSk 746
  • AcquisitionPurchase 1883
  • ExhibitedNationalmuseum, Room 1280 The Sculpture Courtyard
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
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    The young woman strikes a pose. Eyes closed, she raises one arm as if she just woke up. The sculpture is typical of the classical salon art, where the nude, objectified female body was at the centre. The sculpture is said to symbolize the arrival of spring. She is portrayed from the perspective of heterosexual male eyes, and the flower is understood as a sign of female puberty. But the young woman’s own desires are neither asked for, nor seen.