Artist to Remove Surfing Madonna Himself, plus Pay the City $2625

SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
By Jonathon Horn

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CALIFORNIA - The Surfing Madonna mosaic will be removed from the train bridge on Encinitas Boulevard “as soon as possible,” and the artist will pay for it, and more. Under the agreement, [Mark] Patterson will pay for the piece to be taken down. He will also reimburse the city the $2,125 it paid for Los Angeles-based Sculpture Conservation Studio to study removal techniques, and pay a $500 administrative fine to Encinitas. In a report also released Tuesday, the studio estimates it would cost $5,750 to remove the mosaic intact. A removal date and time was not publicly released. [link]