Statues - Hither & Thither

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Cruce de Arinaga
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Niñas jugando al pañuelo

Girls Playing with a Scarf

Diego Cruz
2006

Cruce de Arinaga / Niñas jugando al pañuelo

Description

Bronze sculpture of two girls playing with a scarf.

Signature

(on the shoes of both boys) Diego Cruz - alfa arte eibar

Juegos infantiles / Children's Games

Along the main street of Cruce de Arinaga are ten sculptures of children playing various games, all made by the sculptors Diego Cruz and Lourdes Umerez from Alfa Arte in Eibar, Spain:

North side, east to west

Niñas jugando al Pañuelo / Girls Playing with a Scarf, by Diego Cruz.
Niños jugando al coro / Children Dancing Around, by Lourdes Umerez.
Niños jugando Canicas / Boys Playing Marbles, by Diego Cruz.
Niña con patines / Girl on Roller Skates, by Diego Cruz.
Niño con sancheski / Boy on a Skateboard, by Diego Cruz.
South side, west to east
Niños jugando al Futbol / Boys Playing Soccer, by Lourdes Umerez.
Niños jugando a piola / Boys playing Leapfrog, by Diego Cruz.
Niño en la carrera de sacos / Sack Race Boy, by Lourdes Umerez.
Niños en el columpio / Children on a Swing, by Lourdes Umerez.
Niña en Bicicleta / Girl on a Bicycle, by Lourdes Umerez.

Click here for a interactive map with the locations of the sculptures.

Sculptor

Diego Cruz, Spanish sculptor of the Alfa Arte group in Eibar, Gipuzkoa (Website Alfa Arte).

Sources & Information

La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Agüimes.
Ayuntamiento de Agüimes, Patrimonio Cultural: Museo al aire libre (general only, no individual descriptions).

Locatie (N 27°52'38" - W 15°25'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca074; Photograph: 5 January 2015
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