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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Spielgelgasse

Comments: "Gebändigte Kraft" (Restrained Potential), Willi Hege (1907-1976), Commissioned 1940
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Location: mirror yard / street level (go through a passage)
Artist: Willy Hege
In operation since: 1941 
listed: no 
History / Description: The bronze sculpture shows a dying dragon and knight to remember George. This seems to be already broken new acts. The broken lance the poisonous serpent through the mouth and was also drilled through the neck, has the bold knight left behind. With the motto "Restrained violence," said the artist, the power of evil.
Special features: The first Hauung broke the granite block and had to be replaced by a new one. The granite block weighed before Hauung seven tons.
Posted by Ian Francis at 15:02
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Labels: BrunnenLinked, Period: 20th C, Shape:rectangle, Style:Sculptural, Type:1spigot, Visibility:Side Street
Location: Spielgelgasse, Basle, Switzerland

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