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Monumento Actividades Primitivas Canarias

Monument to the Activities of the Primitive Canarians

Luis Montull
1977

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Monumento Actividades Primitivas Canarias

Description

Stone sculpture group with four different activities of the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands, commonly known as Guanches. Depicted are:

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Monumento Actividades Primitivas Canarias
mother with child
craft (a potter)
agriculture
fisheries

Signature

L.A. Montull | 1977

Annotation

The sculpture group was installed at the 500th anniversary of the founding of Las Palmas.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Monumento Actividades Primitivas Canarias

Sculptor

Luis Alemán Montull (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1931), Spanish-Canarian sculptor from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Website – Biography).

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.
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Segunda parte (2011) (on-line), p. 31-37.

Locatie (N 28°8'4" - W 15°26'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca031; Photograph: 5 January 2015
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