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El Cambullonero

The Bumboat Trader

Luis Montull
2006

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / El Cambullonero

Description

Stone sculpture of a 'cambullonero' with a bag over his shoulder and a small boat at his feet. Cambullonero's are traders who sell products of the country in a boat to vessels, especially foreigners.

Inscription(s)

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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EL CAMBULLONERO

Obra de Luis Montull
Junio de 2006

Signature

Montull

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).
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2a parte).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Segunda parte (2011) (on-line), p. 109-111.

Locatie (N 28°8'57" - W 15°25'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca020; Photograph: 4 January 2015
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