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Decoration

Present name
Town, country
Taastrup, Denmark
Description
interior | colour scheme | floor decoration | calligraphy | decoration | office building
Completed
1986
Status
not extant
Removed
2009
Done by
Poul Gernes, Aase Seidler Gernes, Ulrikka Gernes, helpers
IDname
PG-Z-297
Anthology
Finn Thybo Andersen on Telegade 2

Ulrikka Gernes noted from over visit in 2009, shortly before the decorations were painted over: 

 

“Telegade 2: Recurrent features here are stylized flowers in two colours. Generally, Telegade 2 is lusher and more vibrant in comparison to Telegade 1. The module divisions here have a little green line down from the ceiling, and a red cross has been placed at the upper edge of either side of a door. Stairwells have coloured fields on the sides, and the side walls are more decorated. The light niches have a leaf-vine pattern from ceiling to floor in colour on colour. That is, the leaf-vine stencil is painted ON TOP OF coloured base (a bit unusual).”

Finn Thybo Andersen: Poul Gernes Decoration Projects. London 2018, p. 299. Translated by Dan A. Marmorstein. Excerpt.

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Post & Telegraph, Telegade 2

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen