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Packman Chasing a Fish

That is just my silly made-up name for this detail from a beautiful local fountain, sculpted from stone. As you can see, the sculptor also painstakingly textured the stone surface in various directiions with a chisel.

 

You can see the entire fountain, in color, in my photo www.flickr.com/photos/49304401@N00/51416023839/in/album-7...

 

The fountain was commissioned by our village to be the center of a "pocket park." It is about 100m from my front door. It was completed in 1974. The sculptor was Ruedi Schmidt (b. 1931). I have no details about him.

 

Location: Riehen BS Switzerland.

In my album: Dan's Miscellany.

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Uploaded on March 18, 2023
Taken on February 26, 2023