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Mensch im Widerstreit

Man in Conflict

Eberhard Linke
date?

Neustadt an der Weinstraße / Mensch im Widerstreit

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze sculpture of a man torn in two halves.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

mensch im
widerstreit

Signed: 1996 / Linke

Informationsschild / Information Sign

e. linke mensch im widerstreit
gestiftet von der kreissparkasse
bad dürkheim/grünstadt

Anmerkung / Annotation

The sculpture's theme is a basic human quality which Goethe called "Two souls in my chest" and which was used by the popular playwright Nestroy in relation to himself in a piece titled "The Broken".

Künstler / Artist

Eberhard Linke (Lauban, Schlesien, 1937), German sculptor in Flonheim (Website – Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Leaflet Skulpturen namhafter Künstler in der Innenstadt von Neustadt an der Weinstraße (Tourist, Kongress und Saalbau GmbH, Neustadt an der Weinstraße).

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 49°21'20" - E 8°8'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp125; Photograph: 20 April 2012
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