I have used this clique before (although not quite these shots) but that’s fair enough as this sculpture is in fact, NOT unique.  I have taken these pictures in Schwetzingen but  another group of four claqueurs standing in a queue can be found in Pforzheim.  In Backnang there were only three – however, they have been stolen probably to melt the bronze and sell it wholesale.  The artist is Guido Messer, the title is “Die Claque“.  A claque is a group of men and women in an audience who are paid to clap – a custom which was popular first in France and later in other European countries.

You might have guessed – this is for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge where the alphabet has reached the letter Q.