Järntorgsbrunnen
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Järntorgsbrunnen (Swedish for The Well of the Iron Square), or using the artist's title, De fem världsdelarna (The Five Continents), is a sculpture by Tore Strindberg, inaugurated October 12, 1927, at Järntorget, Göteborg, Sweden.[1][2]
The sculpture consists of a granite fountain with five nude female bronze sculptures by Tore Strindberg, representing five continents: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Australia (Oceania). A ship at the top is seen sailing on five streams, symbolizing the five oceans. Since the piece is to commemorate the old iron scale which used to be located on this spot (hence the square's name, The Iron Square), 30 hallmarks from those ironworks who exported their goods via Göteborg can be seen throughout the sculpture.[1][2]
De fem världsdelarna (The Five Continents)[edit]
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Africa -
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Australia
References[edit]
- ^ a b Charles Felix Lindbergs donationsfond: utdelningar ur donationsfonden 1912-1937, ed. Axel L. Romdahl, Henning Beyer, with photographs by Otto Thulin; Göteborg 1937, pp. 17ff. Libris 8233178
- ^ a b Öhnander, Bengt A (2004): Statyer berättar: 76 konstverk i Göteborg; Göteborg; pp. 98–99. Libris 9600298. ISBN 9170295654
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