| Female Landscape | |
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 The sculpture in 2012 | |
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| Artist | Gerald Gladstone |
| Year | 1972 |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 45°30′05″N73°34′11″W / 45.50130°N 73.56975°W | |
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