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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Parque Doramas
(Calle Leon y Castillo)

Nacimiento de Gran Canaria

Birth of Gran Canaria

Abraham Cárdenes Guerra
c. 2010

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Nacimiento de Gran Canaria

Description

Bronze sculpture of a naked woman sitting in a shell, surrounded by tritons and fish. The depictions shows similarities with the birth of Venus.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Nacimiento de Gran Canaria

Annotation

The original stone sculpture, which is heavy deteriorated, is in the park behind the Ayuntamiento (see here)

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Nacimiento de Gran Canaria

Sculptor

Abraham Cárdenes Guerra (Tejeda 1907 - 1971), Spanish-Canarian sculptor.

Sources & Information

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, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 506-509.

Locatie (N 28°7'17" - W 15°25'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca160; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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