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Tobias-Mayer-Denkmal, Himmelwärts und MondBoot

Tobias Mayer Monument, Skyward and Moon-Boat

Tobias Mayer
(Marbach am Neckar 1723 - Göttingen 1762)
German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon
(Wikipedia)

Various sculptors
2011

Marbach am Neckar / Tobias-Mayer-Denkmal, Himmelwärts und MondBoot

Description

Three sculptures made at the Sculptors Symposium in Marbach 2011. Only the first will stay permanent, the others will be removed:

"ohne Titel" - Tobias-Mayer-Denkmal / Without title - Tobias Mayer Memorial. Stele with a semisphere with lines on it.
Sculptor: Dieter Kränzlein
Himmelwärts - Skyward, oakwood sculpture showing a bust with a gigantic mop of hair skyward.
Sculptor: Gregor Oehmann
MondBoot / Moon-Boat, oakwood boat with a marble moon.
Sculptress: Birgit Rehfeldt

(click on the photo for an enlargement in a separate window.)

Sculptors

Dieter Kränzlein (Stuttgart 1962), German sculptor from Bietigheim-Bissingen.
Gregor Oehmann (München 1964), German sculptor from Aspach (Website).
Birgit Rehfeldt (Hamburg 1965), German sculptor from Kemnat/Ostfildern.

Sources & Information

Tobias Mayer Bildhauersymposium Marbach Schillerhöhe 23. bis 27. Mai 2011. Tobias-Mayer-Jahr 2012 Band 1

Locatie (N 48°56'6" - E 9°15'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw180; Photograph: 28 September 2012
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

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