The Angel of the City

 

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice is the most important museum in Italy for European and American art of the first half of the 20^th century. Its most famous (or notorious) exhibit is the 1948 bronze The Angel of the City by Marino Marini (1901-1980). Erected at the front of the museum facing the Grand Canal, this sculpture sports an erection of its own. Check it out (here.)