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Ivan Cankar

Vrhnika 1876 - Ljubljana 1918
Slovenian writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist
(Wikipedia)

Slavko Tihec
1982

Description

Monument consists of 30 lamellae with a height of 3.3 m in width and 2.6 m long with on. The thickness of the small differs so that, from a distance, a portrait of Cankar is visible. On the sides is Cankar's signature and a handwritten quote: "Moje delo je slutnja zarje" (My work is a premonition of dawn)

Signature

tihec 80

Ljubljana - Ivan Cankar

Sculptor

Slavko Tihec (Maribor 1928 - 1993), Slovenian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Trg republike, Ljubljana.

Locatie (N 46°2'59" - E 14°29'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: si074; Photograph: 10 September 2016
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