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Sign: Stockholm - Commemorative relief for the sculptor Ebba Hedqvist by Batte Sahlin


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Hornsgatan 36A, 118 20 Stockholm, Sweden
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On the sign:
SKULPTOREN EBBA HEDQVIST 1949-2001 GRUNDADE STIFTELSEN KONSTNÄRSHEM SOM SEDAN AR 1974 I KVARTERET SVALGÅNGEN (FD "FLYSAREN) UPPLATER BOSTADER TILL ALDRE KONSTNÄRER I STOCKHOLM
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The relief commemorates the Swedish painter and sculptor Ebba Hedqvist (1909-2001) who founded the Konstnärshem institution, which was designed to support and provide accommodation and food for elderly artists in need of help.

The relief made by the sculptor Batte Sahlin, is called "Ebba Flyger" (Flying Ebba) Click for a larger image
The words appear on its four sides
HORNSGATAN, BELLMANSGATAN, BRANNKYAKAGATAN, MARIA TRAPPGRAND
which are the names of the streets surrounding the building on which it is placed, so it is also used as a direction sign

The house on which the relief is located was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
THE SCULPTOR EBBA HEDQVIST 1949-2001 FOUNDED THE FOUNDATION KOSTNÄRSHEM, WHICH SINCE 1974 IN THE SVALGÅNGEN DISTRICT (FORMERLY "FLYSAREN") PROVIDES HOMES FOR OLDER ARTISTS IN STOCKHOLM

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