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Moltkestraße 13, Seite Goethestraße
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Zahlix und Zahline

Numberix and Numberine

Matthias Schmidt
1997

Description

Two stone figures based on the calculating dragons from the textbook Die Welt der Zahl (The World of Numbers). In that book they accompany elementary school children in mathematics. At the request of Rector Otmar Borst, the publisher sponsored the redesign of the schoolyard. Borst was on the team of authors of the arithmetic book.

Hildesheim - Zahlix und Zahline

Sculptor

Matthias Schmidt, German sculptor from Potsdam.

Sources & Information

Kulturium, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum in Hildesheim seit 1970 (Freistehende Objecte no. 32) (PDF online).

Locatie (N 52°9'14" - E 9°57'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens489; Photograph: 29 August 2022
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