Keep Flyin' - Montréal, QC, Canada
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N 45° 29.350 W 073° 34.970
18T E 610739 N 5038269
The sculpture entitled Keep Flyin' is located near the entrance to the Montréal Children's Hospital.
Waymark Code: WMJ7DB
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 10/06/2013
Views: 13
Keep Flyin' is a 6' long by 4' high bronze sculpture that depicts five children sitting on a sled placed on the slope of a granite boulder. All the children are dressed in winter clothing and display excited expressions as they slide downhill.
The sculpture was created by Blair Muhlestein as 18/21 copies copyrighted in 1991. A bronze plaque on the boulder is inscribed:
AUX JEUNES PATIENTS, AUX PARENTS
ET TU PERSONNEL
DE L'HÔSPITAL DE MONTRÉAL POUR ENFANTS
AVRIL 1997
TOUJOURS PLUS HAUT
KEEP FLYIN'
TO THE CHILDREN, PARENTS AND STAFF
OF THE MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
APRIL 1997
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Keep Flyin' (Toujour Plus Haut)
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Blair Muhlestein
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: created 1991; obtained 1997
Materials used: bronze sculpture; granite base
Location: Entrance to the Montréal Children's Hospital
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