So it's not a real cyclist in the photograph alright, but nonetheless an interesting figure on a bicycle. Penny Farthing looks cool painted orange with a weirdo trying to catch a butterfly on 'em.
From the Hebrew inscription on statues, you could have inferred that the photo is from Israel. To be more precise, it is from the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv where I happened to visit a wonderful exhibition on Murano glass back in April 2006.
Since we are already focusing on the Israeli art scene, let's talk about another cycling statue. About a hundred kilometre southwards, near a town called Beersheba (or Be'er Sheva), one can find the "Sculpture Trail" in a place called Hatzerim Forest (which, in the middle of the desert, is not quite a forest at all). I was there in January 2006 (on a desert sojourn) and came across another special pair of Penny Farthing, this time with a head of a horse.
With all the horse meat that is being discovered in numerous "beef" products sold across Europe nowadays, this sculpture was most certainly ahead of his time. So next time at the bike shop, make sure your bicycle doesn't contain traces of horse DNA. Wink wink.
