Rreading gir - Rotterdam - the Netherlands
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N 51° 55.303 E 004° 28.467
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"Reading Girl" is a sculpture in the center of Rotterdam
Waymark Code: WM16155
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 04/11/2022
Views: 2
reading girl was a gift from the Rotterdam booksellers to the municipality, in honor of the twenty-fifth Boekenweek in 1960. After the Second World War, Rotterdam had quite a few bookshops, which wanted to give the Boekenweek a local face by offering the statue to the municipality. Until 1969, the sandstone statue by artist Huib Noorlander stood at the entrance of the Korte Lijnbaan. Then the Schouwburgplein was redesigned and the statue was moved. Years later, when the Schouwburgplein was redesigned by West 8, it was able to return to its original location. The statue belongs to the 'spirit' of the Lijnbaan, the first car-free shopping street in the Netherlands. The sandstone original of the Reading Girl was replaced by a bronze one in the 1970s, after the statuette was beheaded.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Reading Girl
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Huib Noorlander
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1960
Materials used: bronze
Location: Shopping area
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