The artist said she gave it outsized breasts deliberately, 'to symbolise the generosity of the Republic'. [AFP]

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The mayor of a town in France has thrown a patriotic female statue out of his town hall because its breasts were too big, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The terracotta bust of Marianne - the traditional female embodiment of the French Republic - was an original work by a local artist, installed in 2007 at the town hall in Neuville-en-Ferrain, with a population 10,000.

"It was making people gossip," said one town hall employee.

Mayor Gerard Cordon persuaded councilors to approve 900 Euros in this year's budget to buy a replacement, a more conventional bust of Marianne modeled from the statuesque French model Laetitia Casta.

The artist who made the rejected bust, Catherine Lamacque, said she gave it oversized breasts deliberately "to symbolize the generosity of the Republic."

（點擊英國《每日電訊報》查看原文）

法國市長移走大胸塑像

?????? 英國《每日電訊報》報道，法國一市的市長把一個愛國主義的女性塑像移出了市政廳——因為它的胸太大了。

?????? 這個瑪麗安（法蘭西共和國的化身）的半身像，是當地一名藝術家的作品，2007年安裝在弗蘭地區納維爾市的市政廳里，這個市大約有10000人。

?????? 一名市政廳的官員說：“這個塑像老讓人說閑話。”

?????? 杰拉德?考頓市長說服議員從今年的預算中批了900歐元重買了一個更加傳統、按照法國模特莉苔希婭?考斯特的形象做的瑪麗安半身像。

?????? 制作大胸塑像的藝術家凱瑟琳?藍瑪珂表示，她是故意把瑪麗安的胸做大的，“以象征共和國的寬容。”

(China.org.cn April 8, 2011)