page_title: Middle Bridge, Basel
section_title: «Amazone»
hierarchical_section_title: Middle Bridge, Basel / The Modern Bridge / Art / «Amazone»
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Skulptur «Amazone, Pferd führend» von Carl Burckhardt, Mittlere Brücke in Basel.English: Skulptur "Amazone, Pferd führend" by Carl Burckhardt, placed at Mittlere Brücke in Basel, Switzerland.
context_page_description: The Middle Bridge is a historic bridge in the Swiss city of Basel. It is situated on the oldest existing bridge site across the Rhine, between Lake Constance and the North Sea.
context_section_description: The Amazon sculpture by Carl Burckhardt, shown leading a horse, can be found by the Old Town Bridgehead. It was commissioned by the Basel art society and depicts a striding Amazon leading a horse. Burckhardt completed the plaster model for the statue, but succumbed to a short illness in 1923 before it was cast. The bronze cast was finalised after his death. There are visible trowl marks left over from the plaster model which Burckhardt likely would have removed had he not died before its completion. The Amazon would have also held slack reins in her hands. It is assumed that the sculpture remains uncompleted. 
  The Amazon was Burckhardt's last work. It was originally intended to be installed in the garden of the Kunsthalle, but due to the sudden unexpected death of its artist, the arts society donated it to the canton, which installed it in its present location. The piece has no relation to its current location and is purely considered a public art installation, sometimes mockingly referred to as Street furniture.
caption: Carl Burckhardt Amazone
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