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Homenaje a Josefina Plá

Tribute to Josefina Plá

María Josefina Teodora Plá Guerra Galvany
Isla de Lobos 1903 - Asunción, Paraguay 1999
Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
2003

Description

Commemorative plaque in with a silhouet of a seagull is cut out. with portrait at the lighthouse at the northern point of Isla de Lobos.

Inscription(s)

A Josefina Plá
Quien nunca olvidó era canaria, y para más majorea

Por ella supimos que se pueden cambiar
sombras por sueños.
Isla de Lobos, 1903. Paraguay, 1999
Excmo. Cabildo Insular de Fuerteventura

To Josefina Plá
Who never forgot she was Canarian, and even more Fuerteventuran

Through her we knew that you can change
shadows for dreams.
Isla de Lobos, 1903. Paraguay, 1999
Insular Council of Fuerteventura

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Fuerteventura en imagenes, Josefina Plá.

Locatie (N 28°45'53" - W 13°48'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca333; Photograph: 14 April 2018
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