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Stadt Gelsenkirchen
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Goldbergstraße 14

Hertha oder Hüterin der Schätze

Hertha or Keeper of Treasures

Josef Thorak
1928

Buer / Hertha <i>oder</i> Hüterin der Schätze

Beschreibung / Description

Ceramic statue on a console on the façade of the former Reichsbankbaubüro Berlin. Some source call the statue Hertha, other see it as Keeper of Treasures since the building was originally a bank.

Künstler*in / Artist

Josef Thorak (Wien 1889 - Chiemsee 1952), Austrian sculptor (u:monuments).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Stadt Gelsenkirchen, StadtKunst - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum ("Hüterin der Schätze").
Gelsenkirchener Geschichten, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum.
Stadt Gelsenkirchen, Backstein-Expressionismus - ein bedeutender Baustil des Ruhrgebiets ("Herta").

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 51°34'40" - E 7°3'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw891; Photograph: 29 July 2022
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