El Bosque Encantado
La Garita, Alajuela, Costa Rica Closed 1995 The Disappointed Tourist: El Bosque Encantado, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18″ (61 x 46 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. The “Bosque Encantado” was one of the most important amusement parks in the 70’s and 80’s in Costa Rica. I was 3 or 4 […]
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