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Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Uranos

Uranus

Personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities
(Wikipedia)

Markus Lüpertz
Herbert Schmäke Kunstgießerei (Düsseldorf)
2015

Description

Four meters tall, monumental statue of a man, "characterized by suggestive power and archaic monumentality."

Signature

Monogram M; E.A./N.B.
schmäke Düsseldorf

Sculptor

Markus Lüpertz ( Reichenberg, presently Liberec, Czech Rep. 1941), German painter and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum in Essen.
Kunstverlag Galerie Till Breckner, Markus Lüpertz Uranus Skulptur.

Locatie (N 51°27'17" - E 7°0'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw933; Photograph: 30 July 2022
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