California's Surfing Madonna Removed
SOURCE: AOL • 2011-06-23
ENCINITAS, Calif. -- Crews have removed the popular but illegal Surfing Madonna mosaic from the wall of a railroad bridge underpass near San Diego. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the removal began at 9 p.m. Wednesday and was completed about two hours later. Artist Mark Patterson agreed to pay for the removal of the 10-foot-by-10-foot stained glass work that mysteriously appeared days before Easter in the beach town of Encinitas. Patterson says the piece was not damaged when it was taken ...
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