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2006

" Spider " at the National Gallery of Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

"Giant Egg Carrying Spider", known as "Maman". Artist Louise Bourgeois.This bronze sculpture is 9.25 meters tall and was purchased by National Gallery of Canada, in 2004, at a cost of $ 3.2 million Canadian. Located at the entrance to the National Gallery, in the shadows of Parliament Hill, as seen in the background. Another image of this spider with a different perspective can be found at http://www.pbase.com/naturepics/image/68418267


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Graeme30-Sep-2017 11:02
Spiders give me the creeps but a nice shot of this structure, Jean.V
Carol Rollins27-Aug-2015 14:34
This is so cool!!
Marcia Colelli25-Jan-2015 23:20
Cool image and nice composition V
Pierre18-Jun-2013 21:16
Tout à fait magnifique! V
Frank Tran30-Dec-2012 02:50
Excellent night shot! Well framed.
bill friedlander13-Dec-2011 18:40
Great shot. Nicely presented and the lighting is excellent. Good thing it's not real. V
norbi09-Aug-2011 09:20
Great shot - like the scenery from a SF movie. v. norbi
January Grey15-Sep-2009 02:55
Fascinating sculpture! Wonderful light & composition, Jean. V~
edwina beaumont04-Aug-2007 14:31
now that is scary, lovely shot
olivier bruning19-Nov-2006 08:23
what a creep! perfectly shot
Paul Chan23-Oct-2006 01:36
Nice night scene colour.
Azlin Ahmad20-Oct-2006 21:00
Terrific shot, by doing this at night, it adds to the creepiness of the sculpture. Well done. v
Peter Stahl21-Sep-2006 18:09
Terrific shot!! What a neat piece of work. Well done Jean!! GMV.
Martha Albuquerque21-Sep-2006 11:30
Wow! Very nice shot! V
Yiannis Pavlis21-Sep-2006 02:51
very well done
Chris P.21-Sep-2006 02:30
Remind not to visit here! Great shot, but very creepy sculpture.