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Frédéric Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin
(Żelazowa Wola 1810 - Paris 1849)
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist
(Wikipedia)

Krzystof Bednarski
2010

Description

Scissor-like profile view of Chopin's head with an ascending bird.

Inscription(s)

La note blue

Fryderyk Chopin 1810-1849

Gestiftet von der Regierung der Republik Polen

Signature

Denkmal von K.M. Bednarski

Wien - Frédéric Chopin

Sculptor

Krzystof Bednarski (Kraków 1953), Polish sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Wien.at, Wien Kulturgut.
Wikipedia, Liste der Kunstwerke im öffentlichen Raum in Wien/Landstraße.
Chopin 2010, Przybyło na świecie Chopinów.

Locatie (N 48°11'15" - E 16°22'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atwi188; Photograph: 17 September 2016
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