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Recklinghausen
Kr. Recklinghausen
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Breite Straße

Merkwürdiges Wasser

Strange Water

Torben Ebbesen
1992

Description

Fountain made up of two columns and three irregular shaped steel plates, on which are standing a number of 14 cm high figurines of putti with the hands against the ears, from which the water squirts. A putti made of plaster of the kind you can find in kitsch shops served as a template for these figures.

Recklinghausen - Merkwürdiges Wasser

Information Sign

Torben Ebbesen
(*1945 Haderslev, Dänemark)

Merkwürdiges Wasser
1992

Das Werk wurde auf Anregung der Stadtsparkasse Recklinghausen
geschaffen und am 26. April 1992 durch Bürgermeister Jochen
Welt, MdB, Sparkassendirektor Klaus Bresser und
Museumsdirektor Dr. Ferdinand Ullrich im Beisein des Künstlers
der Öffentlichkeit übergeben.

Torben Ebbesen
(*1945 Haderslev, Denmark)

Strange Water
1992

The work was created at the initiative of the Stadtsparkasse
Recklinghausen and on 26 April 1992 by Mayor Jochen
Welt, MdB, savings bank director Klaus Bresser and
Museum Director Dr. Ferdinand Ullrich in the presence
of the artist given to the public.

Sculptor

Torben Ebbesen (Haderslev 1945), Danish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum in Recklinghausen.
Skulpturen Kulturraum NRW, Kreis Recklinghausen.
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Broschüre Kunst im %C3%B6ffentlichen Raum in Recklinghausen, (PDF online).

Locatie (N 51°36'44" - E 7°11'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw1036; Photograph: 1 August 2022
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