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Kletternde Kinder

Climbing Children

Gerhard Thieme
1970

Description

Trickle fountain consisting of a high metal frame in a shallow fountain basin. The frame is comparable to a climbing frame for children. Two girls and three boys do gymnastics on the frame. The water drips from the top metal ring into the shallow basin.
The fountain was a commissioned work for the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. For the design, Thieme visited a Pankow school class during physical education classes to record typical climbing and gymnastic postures.

Berlin - Kletternde Kinder

Sculptor

Gerhard Thieme (Rüsdorf 1928 - Berlin 2018), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Bildhauerei in Berlin, Karte.
Bezirksamt Pankow in Berlin, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Pankow.
Wikipedia, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum im Berliner Bezirk Pankow.

Locatie (N 52°34'14" - E 13°24'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe152; Photograph: 1 September 2022
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