Monday, February 13, 2006

François Mauriac's Statue


On a charming little square (place Alphonse Deville) close to famous hotel Lutetia in the 6th arrondissement I came across this sculpture of famous French writer Francois Mauriac by Haïm Kern. François Mauriac was born in 1885 and died in 1970, he wrote fantastic novels (I don't know how many of them have been translated) and was elected to the Académie Française in 1933.

6 comments:

  1. Wow! It looks so real! I thought it was a performance artist at first...

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  2. Very modern. Looks like something that was done in the last 20 years, no?

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  3. Where in the 6th is this Eric? I have spent a lot of time in that area and have never seen this. It's really an interesting sculpture...and the background wall looks just as intriguing.

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  4. It's at the beginning of rue du Cherche Midi Michael.

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  5. Eric, do you know if this is by the same sculptor who made the awful sculpture near the metro Notre Dames des Champs (of Charles de Gaulle I think?)?

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  6. Michael, I know the one that you mean, but I'll have to look next time I nearby.

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