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Cockrider Fountain

Cockrider Fountain

Cockrider Fountain

1969



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


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"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


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The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain Oblique view from the front

Cockrider Fountain

1969

Oblique view from the front



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain Side view, detail

Cockrider Fountain

1969

Side view, detail



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain "Helmet hemisphere"

Cockrider Fountain

1969

"Helmet hemisphere"



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain Side view, detail

Cockrider Fountain

1969

Side view, detail



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain "Helmet and oriel“

Cockrider Fountain

1969

"Helmet and oriel“



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain Diagonal view from behind

Cockrider Fountain

1969

Diagonal view from behind



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain Rear view

Cockrider Fountain

1969

Rear view



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photo 2021, Theo Noll

Cockrider Fountain The Triadic Ballet, poster design 1924, Oskar Schlemmer.

Cockrider Fountain

1969

The Triadic Ballet, poster design 1924, Oskar Schlemmer.



Michael Mathias Prechtl (design)

Wilhelm and Elly Kuch (execution)


 


 


 


(erected on the occasion of the opening of the Toy Museum in 1971)


___________________________


 


 


"With its form reminiscent of wooden toys, the fountain figure refers on the one hand to the function of the museum, and on the other hand it also reminds us of Nuremberg as a toy city."


 


(Nuremberg City Encyclopaedia, Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres,


W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg, 1999)


 


___________________________


 


The figure of the horseman is reminiscent of designs by Oskar Schlemmer

for his Triadic Ballet from the 1920s.

Location: Nuremberg, Toy Museum, Karlstraße 13-15

Design: Prechtl, Michael Mathias

Material: fired clay, colour glazed

photoTheo Noll

Michael Mathias
Prechtl

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