Hand, Bronze sculpture at Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid, Spain.
The Hand is a bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero located along Paseo de la Castellana near the National Museum of Natural Sciences. The work displays the artist's characteristic style of enlarged proportions rendered in a substantial bronze casting.
The sculpture was originally created as part of a traveling exhibition before being acquired by Telefónica and donated to Madrid for permanent display. This acquisition marked an important moment for the city's public art collection.
The Hand reflects Botero's signature approach to giving ordinary objects a sense of weight and presence through exaggerated proportions.
The sculpture sits in an open location along the avenue where it can be easily viewed and photographed from multiple perspectives. Its accessible placement allows visitors to walk around it and examine the bronze details up close at any time.
The bronze casting weighs more than 500 kilograms, reflecting the extraordinary effort required to install such a massive work in this public location. Few visitors realize the engineering involved in placing such a heavy sculpture where it stands today.
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