Saturday, May 24, 2014

Trapped in the city

In front of Le Musée d'Orsay, there are 3 magnificent animal sculptures. I already showed you one of them once (a horse if I recall), which used to be on my way to school when I was a little boy. I used to climb on it, for I thought it was just a game for kids!). Now that there are in front of the Musée, I know that they are real pieces of art! Like this stunning "trapped Elephant" made by Emmanuel Fremiet, a French sculptor who was obviously very gifted.

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  1. Eric, you sure do know how to frame a photo.

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    1. And you sure know how to make a compliment ;-)

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  2. Well done. Even shooting directly into the sun, you got the sculpture well exposed.

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    1. I know you always wonder how I do that, don't you?! ;-)

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    2. Yes. When are you going to reveal the secret ?

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  3. Obviously gifted !! Where was the sculpture when you were a litlle boy, eric? Not in front of the Orsay museum but where then ?
    And ... I ... deeply love this photo .... I love these sculptures from animals, indeed ...

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    1. No Flore ;-) It was at Porte de Saint Cloud ;-)

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    2. Thank you ! If you found back a photo of this sculpture when it was located at Porte de Saint Cloud, I would buy it a good price ! And even more for a photo with you at that time, close to the elephant ;-)

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  4. I was thinking pretty much what Petrea said (once again). :-)

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