Unfortunately, this fountain is currently out of service.
Year of construction:
1953/54
Design:
Gudrun Kunstmann
Implementation:
Gudrun Kunstmann
Location:
Depiction:
A friendly-looking faun with small horns and hairy legs is sitting on the edge of a fountain basin.
He is looking at a frog sitting on the ground to his left, from whose mouth a jet of water originally flowed into the fountain basin.
The faun is reaching out his left hand towards the frog.
History:
As part of a competition, Gudrun Kunstman created this work during a period when she favoured depicting themes from ancient mythology in a genre-based, realistic style.
References:
https://dario-schrittweise.org/2023/11/05/der-faun-und-der-frosch/
Elke Masa, Freiplastiken in Nürnberg, S. 170, Verlag Ph.C.W. Schmidt, Neustadt/Aisch