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ABC the Cat Climbing

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Pekka Nevalainen’s (b. 1951, Tyrvää) work takes its title from a well-known Finnish nursery rhyme.

It features a grey cat climbing up a ladder onto the letter A to reach for a crescent moon shaped like the letter C, with a small letter B on top. The sculpture speaks a language familiar to children. The cat resembles those seen in cartoons.

About five metres tall, the work is made of painted steel ...

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Sinikaislankuja 1
00180 Helsinki

Text edited by: City of Helsinki, Culture and Leisure Division
Updated: 15/3/2024