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L'Aurore

Aurora

Roman goddess of dawn
(Wikipedia)

Milo Martin
1957

Description

Large sculpture of Aurora, sculpted from a single 70 ton block of stone

Signature

milo | martin

Annotation

Inaugurated 11 June 1957, together with the nearby statue La Source by Arthur Schlageter.

Sculptor

Milo Martin (Morges 1893 - Lausanne 1970), Swiss sculptor (Wikipedia– SIKART Lexikon).

Sources & Information

Gazette de Lausanne, 12 June 1957 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°31'8" - E 6°38'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chvd031; Photograph: 2 June 2013
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