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| Artist | Margriet van Breevoort |
| Year | 2016 |
| Location | Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands |
Homunculus Loxodontus (nicknamed Zhdun, "The One Who Waits", Snorp, or WOSH)[1][2] is a statue by Dutch artist Margriet van Breevoort. It was made for the Leiden University Medical Center and installed in the spring of 2016.[3] It became popular in post-Soviet countries where it is called Ждун (Russian informal term for "one who waits").[4]
- ^ "Zhdun / Snorp". 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Meet Zhdun, the tubby gray blob who's at home on Russian social media", The World, March 1, 2017, retrieved 2020-01-17
- ^ "Автор Ждуна: эта скульптура изменила мою жизнь" (in Russian). BBC. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ^ Sharkov, Damien (February 24, 2017), "How a Gray Blob Ended Up Addressing Ukraine's Parliament", Newsweek, retrieved 2020-04-14