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Lolita Pluma

Maria Dolores Rivero Hernández
1904-1987
town character

Amado González Hevia (Favila)
1992

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Lolita Pluma

Description

Bronze statue of an elderly woman surrounded by several cats.

Inscription(s)

La Ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
A
Lolita Pluma
M^a Dolores Rivero Hernández 1904-1987

Personaje popular entraóable, quirida por todos. Con su bohemia fue símbolo de libertad, musa del
turismo y los artistas, protectora de los animales, nominada "Reina del Parque Santa Catalina" en 1984.

Kind and much beloved popular character. Always showing her bohemian colours, she was a symbol of freedom,
muse of tourism and artists, protector of animals, was nominee to "Queen of Parque Santa Catalina" in 1984.

Escultor / Sculptor: Amado González Hevia "FAVILA" 1998

Signature

Favila 98

Annotation

Maria Dolores Rivero Hernández, known as Lolita Pluma, was different, uncommon for the time in which she lived: she used extravagant dresses, several colour ribbons on the hair, on her face there was an extra amount of carmine, large and dark lines around her eyes, and she was always surrounded by cats, maybe her only friends. For many years she wandered, extravagant and proud, on the Parque Santa Catalina, where she earned her life selling chewing gun and exposing for tourist pictures.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Lolita Pluma

Sculptor

Amado González Hevia, known as 'Favila' (Grado, Asturias 1954), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Catálogo de bienes histórico-artístico del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (PDF on-line).
Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2a parte).
Yumbocentrum, Who is Lolita Pluma?.
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Segunda parte (2011) (on-line), p. 65-69.

Locatie (N 28°8'28" - W 15°25'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca024; Photograph: 4 January 2015
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