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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Calle Mayor de Triana / Calle San Pedro

Juan Negrín López

Las Palmas de GC 1892 - Paris 1956
Spanish politician and physician; premier of Spain (1937-39)
(Wikipedia)

Juan Bordes Caballero
1993

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Juan Negrín López

Description

Large monument. On the place two streets meet in a sharp angle is a raised platform with on the point a bronze statue of Dr. Negrin. Behind him is a wall with on the back a bronze head en a text stone:

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Juan Negrín López

la ciudad
al dr. juan negrin lopez
1892-1956
mcmxciii

In the two back corners are bronze women carrying palm leaves. Between the wall and the bottom of the triangle is a fountain.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Juan Negrín López

Artist

Juan Bordes Caballero (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1948), Spanish-Canarian sculptor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Catálogo de bienes histórico-artístico del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (PDF on-line).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 321-325.
Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1 P.).

Location (N 28°6'12" - W 15°24'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca122; Photograph: 7 January 2015
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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