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Beethon

Concrete Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonn 1770 - Wien 1827
German composer and pianist
(Wikipedia)

Klaus Kammerichs
1986

Description

Concrete sculpture after the 1819 painting by Joseph Karl Stieler. "Beethon" is derived from Beethoven and "Beton" (German for concrete). The original name of the sculpture was "Mythos Beethoven".

Bonn - Beethon

Inscription(s)

Klaus Kammerichs

BEETHON 1986

Ausführung mit Unterstützung des
Bundesverbandes der Deutchen
Zement-Industrie e.V., STRABAG BAU-AG,
Baumann Schwertransporte

Leihgabe des Künsters bis 1989

Bonn - Beethon

Sculptor

Klaus Kammerichs (Iserlohn 1933), German sculptor and photographer (Website).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Personen-Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Liste der Beethoven-Denkmäler.
Gabriele Zabel-Zottmann, Skulpturen und Objekte im öffentlichen Raum der Bundeshauptstadt Bonn, aufgestellt von 1970 bis 1991. Diss. Phil. Fak. d. Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, 2012 (PDF on-line: Text and Catalogue), No. 116.

Locatie (N 50°44'25" - E 7°6'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw444; Photograph: 14 September 2015
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