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Viljo Savikurki (1905 - 1975)
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Sokerityttö / The Sugar Girl |
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map | Mannerheimintie 15, Taka-Töölö |
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´The Sugar Girl' is a realistic life-size bronze sculpture of a girl playing with a dog and offering it a sugarcube. The model for the girl was a 12 year-old school girl named Seija Hänninen.
The piece was unveiled on August 15, 1956 at the Finnish Sugar Co. Ltd's 200th anniversary celebration.
Inscribed on the stone pedastal are the words FINNISH SUGAR INDUSTRY 1756-1956.
©
Visual Artists Association
© Helsinki City Artmuseum
WWW-production: Lasipalatsin Mediakeskus Oy,
Flammable Solutions Oy 2001
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