"Flower Motif", 1967 (plaster) /1969 (lifetime cast)

As early as 1967 Rudolf Belling was commissioned by the Confederation of German Trade Unions and the City of Munich to create a sculpture for the so-called "Schuttberg" (rubble hill). This hill was piled up of rubble from buildings destroyed during the war. The hill, now called Olympiaberg, was planted with greenery and has formed part of the Olympic site since 1972, where the "Flower Motif", or the "Schuttblume" ("Rubble Flower"), as the version of the sculpture enlarged to 645 cm is titled, was placed.