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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Paseo de las Canteras / Calle Lanzarote - Calle Tenerife

Los Niños de la Barra

The Boys of the Reef

Juan Bordes Caballero
1993

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Los Niños de la Barra

Description

Four bronze statues depicting boys, three nude and one wearing swimming trunks. Each has a long leaping pole in his hands. 'La Barra' is the name of the reef in front of the Playa de las Canteras.
The four boys are located in front of the house numbers 52, 62, 78, and 92, respectively.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Los Niños de la Barra

Signature

JB93 (on some unvisible because of paint).

Sculptor

Juan Bordes Caballero (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1948), Spanish-Canarian sculptor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1 P.).
Catálogo de bienes histórico-artístico del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (PDF on-line).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Segunda parte (2011) (on-line), p. 258-264.

Locatie (N 28°8'46" - W 15°25'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca015; Photograph: 4 January 2015
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

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