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12/08/2024

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For almost ten years, a 14-foot-tall blue rooster has proudly perched on our roof.

What it represents? It might surprise you.

Titled Hahn/Cock, this imposing sculpture was created in 2013 by German artist Katharina Fritsch, using a taxidermy rooster (hahn in German) as a reference.

Though it now stands on our East Building Roof Terrace, the bird's original roost was in London, on an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square that was once designated for an unrealized sculpture of King William IV.

But…why a rooster?

The inspiration struck during Fritsch’s first visit to Trafalgar Square. She watched as throngs of men seemed to dominate the bustling plaza.

"You have all these dandies, all these businessmen in their suits, who have to be powerful and successful," she told The Guardian. "And they are a little bit posing like cockerels."

Standing on a plinth built to honor a king, Hahn/Cock served as a cheeky feminist retort to commemorations of male warriors.

Hahn/Cock made its American debut at the National Gallery of Art in July 2016 as a long-term loan from Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland.

Then the pandemic hit.

In April 2020, Hahn/Cock was illuminated as part of the campaign to honor essential workers, including the National Gallery’s own security and facilities staff.

Hahn/Cock can be interpreted in more than one way. Roosters are often associated with regeneration, awakening, and strength.

In 2021, the Glenstone Museum permanently donated Hahn/Cock in honor of the resilience of the American people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hahn/Cock continues to stand sentinel facing out over Pennsylvania Avenue, with a view of the Capitol to the east.

It's installed without a pedestal, so you can look closely at every detail of the rooster—from its fluffed tail feathers to the magnificent comb on its head.
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🐓: Katharina Fritsch, “Hahn / Cock,” 2013, glass fiber reinforced polyester resin fixed on stainless steel supporting structure, 173 × 173 × 59 in., Gift of Glenstone Foundation

10/16/2024

Getting a glow up!