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Elch

Elk

Hans Traxler
2008

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze elk with trench coat, vest and hat. The elk, the animal symbol and emblem of the 'New Frankfurt School', is as comical statue placed at the entrance of the museum for Comical Art, Caricatura.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche
waren früher selber welche F.W.B.

DIE NEUE
FRANKFURTER
SCHULE

f.w. bernstein
bernd eilert
robert gernhardt
eckhard henscheid
peter knorr
chlodwig poth
hans traxler f.k. waechter

Signiert / Signature

Traxler

Künstler*in / Artist

Hans Traxler (Herrlich [Hrdlovka] 1929), German painter and cartoonist (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Frankfurt, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Innenstadt.
Wikipedia, Museum für Komische Kunst.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 50°6'36" - E 8°41'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs197; Photograph: 28 September 2014
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