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Sankt Gallen
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Kugelgasse / Brühlgasse

Kugelgassbrunnen

"Globe Street" Fountain

Wilhelm Meier
1932

Description

Stone sculpture of a putto with grapes sitting on a globe, on the top of a fountain column.

Sculptor

Wilhelm Meier (Unter-Embrach ZH 1880 - St. Gallen 1971), Swiss sculptor of St. Gallen (SIKART Lexikon – Ein St.Galler Bildhauer zwischen Tradition und Moderne – Rosmarie Nüesch-Gautschi, Tüüfner Poscht 2011, nr. 1: Wilhelm Meier, ein St.Galler Bildhauer (1880-1971)).

Sources & Information

Maria Hufenus, Daten zur Baugeschichte der Stadt St. Gallen von den Anfängen bis 2000 (St. Gallen: Staatsarchiv, 2004) (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 47°25'33" - E 9°22'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chsg042; Photograph: 6 October 2014
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