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Zürich
Zürich (Kanton)
Helvetiaplatz
Denkmal der Arbeit
Monument to Labour
Karl Geiser
R. Jäckle
1964
 
Description
Bronze sculpture of two men, a woman and a child.
Signature
aus
nachlass
K. Geiser
giesserei
r. jäckli
Annotation
Geiser had won in 1952 the competition for a monument on the Helvetiaplatz. It was finaly placed years after his death, in 1964.
Sculptor
Karl Geiser (Bern 1898 - Zürich 1957), Swiss sculptor (
Biographie - Adhikara
).
Sources & Information
Heinz Keller, 'Zwei Denkmäler in Zürich',
(Das) Werk
51 (1964),
PDF on-line
)
Tags
Town:
Zürich
Kanton:
Zürich (Kanton)
Country:
Switzerland
Geiser, Karl
Jäckle, R.
Man and woman
Woman with child
Worker
Locatie (N 47°22'33" - E 8°31'37")
(Satellite view:
Google Maps
)
Item Code:
chzh025
; Photograph: 2 October 2014
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