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Santa Lucía de Tirajana
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El Matriarcado

The Matriarch

La Abuela y el nieto
Grandmother and Granddaughter

Victor Navarro Guedes
2011

Santa Lucía de Tirajana / El Matriarcado

Description

Sculpture of an elderly woman with hat and stick sitting on a stone bench next to a child holding an open book in which stands a mushroom (family tree?). On her other side a cat and a dog are playing.

Santa Lucía de Tirajana - El Matriarcado

Inscription(s)

"EL MATRIARCADO"

con esta escultura el ayuntamiento de santa lucia
quiere rendir un merecido tributo a nuestras
abuelas, depositarios de la sabiduría popular y claros
referentes de nuestras familias.
este conjunto escultórico se inauguró el día
7 de diciembre de 2011, siendo alcalde - presidente
d. silverio matos pérez.

autor
victor navarro guedes

"THE MATRIARCH"

With this sculpture the municipality of Santa Lucia
wants to pay a fitting tribute to our
grandmothers, repositories of wisdom and clear
references of our families.
This sculpture was inaugurated on
7 December 2011, being Mayor - President
D. Silverio Matos Pérez.

Sculptor
Victor Navarro Guedes

Signature

VNGictor 2011

Sculptor

Victor Navarro Guedes (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1974), Spanish-Canarian sculptor from Santa Lucía de Tirajana (Biography).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Santa Lucía.
La Estrella que nos guia, Santa Lucía de Tirajana.

Locatie (N 27°54'46" - W 15°32'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca178; Photograph: 8 January 2015
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