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Köln
Stadt Köln
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Hohe Straße 160-168
(Stollwerckpassage)

Gaea II, halbverhüllt

Gaea II, half veiled

Earth Goddess

Gerhard Marcks
Bildgießerei Richard Barth (Rinteln)
1965/2005

Description

Statue of a woman partly covered by a veil.
The 1965 sculpture was sold by the owner in 2005 and replaced with a new cast, from the form slightly altered by the artist.

Signature

Sculptor's mark
guss barth rinteln II

Information Sign

Gerhard Marcks
1889-1981

Gaea II
1965

Realisiert mit Mitteln der Imhoff Stiftung

Sculptor

Gerhard Marcks (Berlin 1889 - Burgbrohl (Eifel) 1981), German sculptor (RKDArtists – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 22 Dec. 2005, Göttin Gaea zurück in der Stollwerck-Passage.

Locatie (N 50°56'23" - E 6°57'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw520; Photograph: 14 May 2016
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