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Le pêcheur et l'ondine

The Fisherman and the Mermaid

Der Fischer und die Nixe

Karsten Klingbeil
1998

Description

Two bronze statues and the end of two piers. On the western jettty sits fisherman looking to the mermaid on the eastern jetty.

Quiberon - Le pęcheur et l'ondine

Inscription(s)

Le Pęcheur let l'ondine
Don du sculpteur
Karsten Klingbeil
de Berlin '98

Signed: (fisherman) (monogram?) klingbeil '98
(mermaid) (monogram?) '98

Sculptor

Karsten Klingbeil (Stettin [now Szczecin] 1925 - Berlin 2016), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 47°29'10" - W 3°6'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbr104; Photograph: 30 May 2012
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