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Kassel
Stadt Kassel
Hessen

Friedrichsplatz
(Rotes Palais)

Die Fremden

The Strangers

Thomas Schütte
1992

Description

Glazed ceramic sculpture group of objects and persons (Chinese woman, African woman, and a man), placed on the altan of the Red Palace.

Annotation

The group was created for the documenta IX in 1992. The second part of this sculpture group is on the roof of the Musik- und Kongresshalle in Lübeck.

Sculptor

Thomas Schütte (Oldenburg 1954), German sculptor (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste öffentlicher Kunstwerke und Denkmäler in Kassel.
Wikipedia, documenta IX.

Locatie (N 51°18'50" - E 9°29'47") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs144; Photograph: 12 August 2013
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