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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法国市长移走大胸塑像

       英国《每日电讯报》报道，法国一市的市长把一个爱国主义的女性塑像移出了市政厅——因为它的胸太大了。

       这个玛丽安（法兰西共和国的化身）的半身像，是当地一名艺术家的作品，2007年安装在弗兰地区纳维尔市的市政厅里，这个市大约有10000人。

       一名市政厅的官员说：“这个塑像老让人说闲话。”

       杰拉德•考顿市长说服议员从今年的预算中批了900欧元重买了一个更加传统、按照法国模特莉苔希娅•考斯特的形象做的玛丽安半身像。

       制作大胸塑像的艺术家凯瑟琳•蓝玛珂表示，她是故意把玛丽安的胸做大的，“以象征共和国的宽容。”

(China.org.cn April 8, 2011)