Editing Charging Bull (section)

{{Short description|Bronze sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.}}
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'''''Charging Bull''''' (sometimes referred to as the '''''Bull of Wall Street''''' or the '''''Bowling Green Bull''''') is a [[bronze sculpture]] that stands on [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] just north of [[Bowling Green (New York City)|Bowling Green]] in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. The {{convert|7100|lb|kg|adj=on|abbr=}} bronze sculpture, standing {{convert|11|ft|m}} tall and measuring {{convert|16|ft|m}} long, depicts a [[bull]], the symbol of [[bull market|financial optimism and prosperity]]. ''Charging Bull'' is a popular tourist destination that draws thousands of people a day, symbolizing [[Wall Street]] and the Financial District.

The sculpture was created by Italian artist [[Arturo Di Modica]] in the wake of the [[Black Monday (1987)|1987 Black Monday]] stock market crash. Late in the evening of Thursday, December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with ''Charging Bull'' on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the [[New York Stock Exchange Building]]. After being removed by the [[New York City Police Department]] later that day, ''Charging Bull'' was installed at Bowling Green on December 20, 1989. Despite initially having only a temporary permit to be located at Bowling Green, ''Charging Bull'' became a popular tourist attraction. Di Modica may have been influenced by a pair of huge metallic sculptures, a charging bull and a bear, placed in front of the Frankfurt, Germany Stock Exchange in 1985 as part of the 400th celebration of the exchange.

Following the success of the original sculpture, Di Modica created a number of variations of the ''Charging Bull'' which have been sold to private collectors. ''Charging Bull'' has been a subject of criticism from an [[Criticism of capitalism|anti-capitalist]] perspective, such as in the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protests of 2011, and has also been compared to the biblical [[golden calf]] worshiped by the [[Israelites]] shortly after their [[The Exodus|Exodus]] from Egypt.