Lamp/Bear By Urs Fischer
Twenty-ton bronze teddy bear cast from a childhood toy, glowing beneath its own giant lamp.
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This guide to the giant bronze teddy bear sculpture in Doha's duty free hall follows Swiss artist Urs Fischer's decision to scale up his own childhood toy into a twenty-ton monument beneath its own oversized lamp. It traces the 2011 unveiling outside Manhattan's Seagram Building, the round-the-clock security hired to guard it, and Christie's hopes as the piece went under the hammer.
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