Creator
Charles Svejstrup Madsen
Significant Dates
Created c. 1938–1939, Unveiled 12 November 1940, Removed 2011, temporarily installed at Sydhavn station 2015, Returned to Gammel Strand September 2018.
Size
80 x 80 x 187 cm
Spatial context
Urban public street/square beside Slotsholmens Canal at Gammel Strand.
Materials
Stone
Suggested by
Patron
Fonden for kunstneriske Formåls Fremme
First established
2000s
LOCATION
Gammel Strand, Indre By, Copenhagen, Denmark.
CONTINENT
Europe
world region
Northern Europe
Image credit
Andrew Shanken
The historic site of Copenhagen’s principal fish market, and commemorates the fishwives—especially the Skovser women from Skovshoved—who long dominated trade there. Carved in granite, the figure wears an apron, shawl, and headscarf and holds a plaice in her right hand.
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