On June 18, 1968, the city was given a new image. The bronze statue, weighing a tonne, was then placed on the steps of the new building of the shipping company Dammers & Van der Heide and Co. The Rotterdam sculptor Frans Jacobs, who was then living in Brabant, wanted to express the character of the shipping company with his six-meter-long sculpture. The 'curls' symbolize the power of the waves. Three seagulls fly in the center. And the tail of the work points to the sea. The Dammers & Van der Heide staff saved up for two and a half years to be able to buy the statue and gave this sculpture as a gift to the management. At the official opening of the building in September 1968, the artwork was presented to the director. And also a little to the city, because after all, this work of art still makes a wonderful contribution to the cityscape 19 years later. (Source: Het Rotterdamsch Parool, June 1968, XNUMX)
