Explore the Design of this artwork.
The sculpture was made of steel, iron, bronze and wood. Measuring 15 by 7 feet, it consisted of four parts. The first was a ball of jagged curved steel blades facing the street which symbolized the explosion. An actual fragment from the Mont-Blanc ammunition ship was attached to the base. The second part faced north and used bronze and battered wood to symbolize the human cost of the tragedy. It included a bronze casting with the outline of a doll symbolizing the hundreds of children who died. A third part facing south included a battered cogwheel representing industry and a bronze casting of a flower representing life. The fourth part, closest to the library, was a circular vertical column of uniform steel rods depicting the rebirth of the city.
bronze wood steel iron