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El Contemplador

The Beholder

Thomas Mehrlaender
2003

Description

Wooden sculpture depicting a male torso with a head looking to the sky.

Inscription(s)

"EL CONTEMPLADOR"
Madera de Pinus radiatta
trabajada con motosierra

Thomas Mehrländer

Parque Municipal de Arucas
Día de la Primavera

22 de marzo de 2003

excmo. ayuntamiento de arucas

"The beholder"
Wood from the Pinus radiatta
worked with chainsaw

Thomas Mehrländer

Municipal Park of Arucas

Spring Day

22 March 2003

Sculptor

Thomas Mehrlaender (Schweinfurt 1954), German painter and sculptor, lived from 1996-2008 on El Hierro, Canary islands (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Arucas.
La Estrella que nos guia, Arucas.

Location (N 28°7'10" - W 15°31'32")

Item Code: esca217; Photograph: 9 January 2015
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