Drei Männer im Boot
Drei Männer im Boot stands in bronze before Neu-Ulm’s Rathaus, showing three men upright in a small boat. Each of the three figures holds a pole. Close spacing gives the group a compact balance, while their alignment suggests movement across invisible water. Edwin Scharff created this bronze sculpture in 1952.
Scharff, born in Neu-Ulm, first planned a larger version for Hamburg as a welcome visible from the water. His death in 1955 left that version unfinished. The Neu-Ulm casting arrived in 1969 for the city’s centenary and is a second casting of the original design. Simplified forms join figurative and abstract elements, with three bodies reading like successive stages of one movement. From a distance, the overall silhouette holds together before the individual poles and figures come into focus.
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Image: Klaus-Dieter Keller, GermanyPublic domain
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