When a Traveler on an Autumn Evening Otto Wagner Villa at the Edge of The Vienna Woods

Autumn in all its Golden Glory
shines behind the pediment figures
of the sunroom roof of what was once
architect Otto Wagner's private residence,
nestled in the foothills
of the Vienna Woods

The last warm rays
of the setting sun illuminate the façade
with the Corinthian columns
and ornate cornices,
highlighting the stucco angels
of the portico's frieze

As if by the wave of a magic wand,
the sun in silent cession leaves
her scepter to the Blue Hour,
to reign in dusk at the appointed time

"Big Esther"
by artist Ernst Fuchs
greets visitors
and passersby alike
from her pedestal
high on the stair landing

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Photographed
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Ernst Fuchs Museum
Hüttelbergstrasse 26
14th District

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© by Merisi
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