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Schweinebrunnen

Pig's Fountain

Bonifatius Stirnberg
1991

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze sculpture group with fountain. A pig trader is negociation with a customer, he has a pig under his arm, a second pig in a cage. Four pigs with movable parts are playing in the stream.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

dieser
"schweine-brunnen"
ist eine stiftung
der sparkasse moers
an die bürger der
gemeinde sonsbeck
Geschaffen von Bonif. Stirnberg Aachen

Künstler*in / Artist

Bonifatius Stirnberg (Freienohl 1933), German sculptor, famous for his fountains where the figures can be adjusted and moved (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Sparkassen Kurier, 22 Dez. 2003, Sparkasse Moers finanzierte Brunnen und Kunstobjekte: Kristallisationspunkte kultureller Identität am Niederrhein.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 51°36'41" - E 6°22'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw183; Photograph: 1 May 2011
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