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Karl Marx

Trier 1818 - London 1883
German philosopher (Wikipedia)

Gerhard Geyer
1984

Description

Large bust on a stone pedestal.

Inscription(s)

KARL MARX

Sculptor

Gerhard Geyer (Halle (Saale) 1907 - idem 1989),
German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Das schöne Detail..., Dessau - Plastik und Skulptur im Stadtzentrum.
Dessaus Geschichte: Historische Denkmale in Dessau (Archived in archive.org).
Natascha Meuser, Public Relations, Marketing, and Monumental Heritage: Architecture-related Artworks in Dessau (Dessau: Hochschule Anhalt, 2018), p. 90 (PDF online).

Locatie (N 51°50'12" - E 12°14'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desa145; Photograph: 3 September 2022
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