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Tartu maantee 6

Kivi müürsepp ja puusepp

Stone mason and carpenter

Oskar Goldberg
1936

Description

The Koch and Ko building on the corner of the Tartu maantee and Kivisilla has two sculptures:

Statue of a stonemason in a niche on the Tartu maantee side.
Relief of a carpenter above a gate on the Kivisilla side

Annotation

According to Linnamajad the statue is a blacksmith (müürisepa instead of müürsepp), but that is certainly not the case.

Sculptor

Oskar Goldberg or his workshop.

Sources & Information

Linnamajad, 1936 - Koch ja Ko maja Tartu mnt 6 .

Locatie (N 59°26'4" - E 24°45'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ee033; Photograph: 7 July 2013
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