Berto Lardera | Ile de France

The sculpture was originally commissioned by France for the World’s Fair in Montreal and created by Berto Lardera (b. 1911 in La Spezia, Italy – d. 1989). Harald Seiler, then director of the State Museum, proposed it for Hannover, whereupon it was initially placed across from the State Museum. In 1969, it was the most consistent example to date of autonomous sculpture in Hannover’s public space. Its abstract form constructs complex three-dimensionality from horizontal and vertical planes and invites the viewer to look through and along it. After being temporarily stored in the courtyard of the Sprengel Museum Hannover, it was re-installed at its current location in 1998. » Location: Culemannstraße/Friederikenplatz