Spring

The statue Spring is set above the entrance to the post office in the building on the corner of Májkova and Blumentálska streets. The building was designed as a multifunctional facility with a post office, administrative areas, and clinics on the raised ground floor, and apartments on the other floors.  

The statue was created by the renowned Slovak sculptor F. Draškovič, one of the few Slovak sculptors to specialise in depicting the nude female figure. His young women convey joy and optimism for life, and form part of the realistic line of modern sculpture in 20th-century Slovakia. He created several such statues for Bratislava, including for the façade of the P. O. Hviezdoslav Theatre and for the Rest fountain on Karadžičova Street. 

The figure of a young, slender woman, a girl, stands on a prismatic console pedestal mounted above the voussoir of the entrance portal. She is depicted en face wearing a flowing dress that extends below her knees and transitions into loose drapery at the bottom of her right leg. In hands raised above her head she is holding a fluttering piece of cloth and, in her right hand, also a spring twig that adorns the cloth from below. With her head tilted slightly backwards, she is watching the movement of the fabric.

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Research status as of 15. 11. 2023. 


Authorship


Years

  • 1958 – implementation

Type

Material

stone, sandstone

Technique

carving

Dimensions

unidentified

Inscription

on the statue's pedestal to the right, F. Draškovič

Condition

  • preserved, maintained
The statue has a fresh coat of paint.

Registration

  • Located in Monument Zone Central Urban Area, Bratislava.

Owner

  • unidentified

Administrator

  • unidentified

Address

4 Blumentálska Street

Location details

Slovak Post Office Branch 17, above the entrance from 4 Blumentálska Street

Plot number

10326/1

GPS

48.1524840, 17.1190780

Other works in the area

Fountain

Strahlová 1970s

Three Heads

Alexander Ilečko 1980 – 1982

Drinking Fountain

Pavel Mikšík 1987

Pigeon Fountain

Pavel Mikšík 1986