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The Grain Cutter

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Aarre Aaltonen

1940

Bronze

On Kirkkokatu Street, at the main entrance of the Lahden Seurakuntatalo building, visitors are greeted by Aarre Aaltonen’s reliefs The Grain Cutter and The Sower. The bronze reliefs are located opposite each other on the walls both sides of the entrance staircase.

In The Grain Cutter relief, a barefoot female figure, dressed in a long, toga-like garment, holds a sheaf of grain under her arm. The classically styled figure is depicted in a sideways pose.

A relief in which a barefoot female figure dressed in a long, toga-like garment holds a sheaf of grain under her arm.
The entrance to the building, where the walls next to the stairs have reliefs facing each other.

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At the main entrance of the Lahden Seurakuntatalo building. – Kirkkokatu 5, Lahti.
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The Grain Cutter

At the main entrance of the Lahden Seurakuntatalo building. – Kirkkokatu 5, Lahti.

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