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Oberer Graben / Multertor

Globusbrunnen mit zwei Marktfrauen

Globus Fountain with two Market Women

Wilhelm Meier
1941

Sankt Gallen / Globusbrunnen mit zwei Marktfrauen

Description

Sandstone sculpture of two market women carrying packages on their heads, standing on the edge of a fountain basin.

Signature

W
Meier

Annotation

The fountain is named after the Globus Warehouse.

Sculptor

Wilhelm Meier (Unter-Embrach ZH 1880 - St. Gallen 1971), Swiss sculptor of St. Gallen (SIKART Lexikon – Ein St.Galler Bildhauer zwischen Tradition und Moderne – Rosmarie Nüesch-Gautschi, Tüüfner Poscht 2011, nr. 1: Wilhelm Meier, ein St.Galler Bildhauer (1880-1971)).

Locatie (N 47°25'24" - E 9°22'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chsg029; Photograph: 6 October 2014
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