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Girl in a Wetsuit — Elek Imredy, Vancouver

Girl in a Wetsuit in Stanley Park: a bronze woman in a wetsuit and flippers, diving mask pushed up on her forehead, sits on a large rock in the water while a real gull stands beside her.
Artwork FileVancouver · Canada

Girl in a Wetsuit

SeenAug 2024

Elek Imredy · 1972 · Vancouver

Photo: Guerinf; CC0 1.0.

Elek Imredy's bronze diver sits on a rock off Stanley Park's seawall. Girl in a Wetsuit was placed in the water on 9 June 1972 and unveiled the following day. Source Source Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. Placement and unveilingThe city records two consecutive events: placement on 9 June and unveiling on 10 June 1972. Source Checked
  2. A real modelDebra Harrington posed for the figure, though the city’s account says the sculpture is not recognizably her image. Source Checked
  3. A local anniversaryMiss604 revisited the work in a photo roundup for its 39th anniversary in 2011. Source Checked
  4. The rock was engineeredThe city records that the supporting boulder was moved about 100 feet and raised on a concrete ring. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Stanley Park seawall, north side beyond Brockton Point, Vancouver, Canada Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 1968

    Commission initiated, according to city registry

  2. 19729 Jun

    Placed on the offshore rock

  3. 197210 Jun

    Unveiled

  4. 201110 Jun

    39th-anniversary photo essay

  5. 202416 Aug

    Guerinf's photograph · camera date

Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are records or reports. Publication and upload dates are not camera dates. A dated sighting does not guarantee the work remains in place today.

✅ The facts

Artist
Elek Imredy Source Checked
Material
Bronze Source Checked
Unveiled
10 June 1972 Source Checked
Model
Debra Harrington Source Checked
Setting
Rock off Stanley Park seawall Source Checked
Recent photograph
16 August 2024 Source Checked

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Guerinf; CC0 1.0.

Last checked: 23 October 2026 · How we verify art