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."

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法國(guó)市長(zhǎng)移走大胸塑像

?????? 英國(guó)《每日電訊報(bào)》報(bào)道，法國(guó)一市的市長(zhǎng)把一個(gè)愛(ài)國(guó)主義的女性塑像移出了市政廳——因?yàn)樗男靥罅恕?/p>

?????? 這個(gè)瑪麗安（法蘭西共和國(guó)的化身）的半身像，是當(dāng)?shù)匾幻囆g(shù)家的作品，2007年安裝在弗蘭地區(qū)納維爾市的市政廳里，這個(gè)市大約有10000人。

?????? 一名市政廳的官員說(shuō)：“這個(gè)塑像老讓人說(shuō)閑話?！?/p>

?????? 杰拉德?考頓市長(zhǎng)說(shuō)服議員從今年的預(yù)算中批了900歐元重買(mǎi)了一個(gè)更加傳統(tǒng)、按照法國(guó)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(shù)家凱瑟琳?藍(lán)瑪珂表示，她是故意把瑪麗安的胸做大的，“以象征共和國(guó)的寬容?！?/p>

(China.org.cn April 8, 2011)