A dynamically shaped abstract form in metal, it was positioned on the inner ring road of the old town, under the medieval walls, on the other side of which is the nearby Dürer house. Its current surroundings have changed considerably from the original.

The international "Symposium Urbanum" was organised on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Albrecht Dürer's birth. Szankowski was invited to realise the sculpture in the urban space as a result of winning a competition. He was left complete freedom, including the choice of sculpture material.

From 1966, the sculptor created abstract metal forms, exploring their spatial relationships. The interpenetration of geometric forms and the emptiness enclosed within them formed the essence of Szańkowski's minimalist poetics. Experiences from realisations at sculpture symposia in Puławy and then in Elbląg (1966 and 1967) led him to his own formula for spatial constructions, combining constructivist explorations with organic thinking. It was "lyrical and gentle, despite its use of elements of the technical world" (Mieczysław Porębski). In the Nuremberg sculpture one can perhaps find inspiration in the forms of late Gothic architecture, whose masterpieces Szańkowski could see not far from where his work was realised. Received very favourably in the local press, it was also compared to a steel bird.

'It can be seen (...) as a game of obtaining in one object the greatest possible number of optimally differentiated profiles while maintaining simplicity and economy of form at the same time (...). Looking at the photographs of this sculpture, taken from different points of view, it is difficult to believe that they are photographs of a single object" (Bożena Kowalska, 1981).