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Femme couchée sur le ventre (Woman Lying on Her Stomach)

Artist
Martine Barrelet-Chopard
Year
1973
Material
Stone (signature: Martine Barrelet-Chopard)
Location
Elfenau Park (by the large greenhouse)

Background

“Femme couchée sur le ventre” is a stone sculpture from 1973 in the Elfenau park in Bern, beside the large greenhouse. The work bears the signature of the artist Martine Barrelet-Chopard. The Elfenau is a park with a country estate on the banks of the Aare in Bern, laid out in the early 19th century. The estate passed to the city of Bern in 1918. Further details on the making of the work and on the artist are not documented yet.

Researched and summarised by Bärn Kit. Sources: Kultur Stadt Bern, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (offene Daten) · Wikipedia (de): Elfenau

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Elfenau Park (by the large greenhouse)

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Data: Kultur Stadt Bern (open data “Kunst im öffentlichen Raum”). Found a mistake? Write to hallo@uebrig.ch.