A silver spine rises seven meters into the Munich air. This is Doppelsäule 23/70, a sculpture of polished stainless steel that catches the light as it stands between the Alte Pinakothek and the Neue Pinakothek.
Erich Hauser forged this work in 1970, though it did not find its permanent home on Theresienstraße until 1984. It serves as a vertical anchor for the Pinakothek Sculpture Park, a curated collection of forms growing along the city's Kunstareal.
For decades, the piece existed in a state of limbo - a permanent loan from the Theo Wormland collection. It was only in 2013 that the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen officially took ownership when the foundation turned the work into a gift.
Today, the sculpture remains a steady, metallic presence. It marks the transition between the old and new museums, a quiet conversation between the weight of art history and the clarity of modern metal.
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