Artist:
Haim Kern
Title:
Hommage a François Mauriac
Year:
1990
Adress:
Place Alphonse-Deville
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L'ecrivain François Mauriac apparait debout devant deux steles posees comme un livre ouvert. A la jonction des deux pages, la decoupe d'une croix evidee rappelle sa foi chretienne. Les deux pages qui semblent sortir de terre se lisent de bas en haut, et rappellent les titres de ses principaux ecrits.
www.monnuage.fr:
Discrete, cette statue fait dos a un mur - de bronze egalement - sur lequel ont ete graves des citations de François Mauriac.
Le sculpteur allemand Haim Kern a rendu hommage au poete et romancier français François Mauriac en lui erigeant une statue de bronze en 1990, que l'on rencontre au hasard d'une promenade dans le 6e arrondissement.
Translation
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The writer François Mauriac appears standing before two steles posed as an open book. At the junction of two pages, the cutting of a hollow cross reminds his Christian faith. The two pages that seem to sprout read from bottom to top, and recall the titles of his major writings.
www.monnuage.fr:
Discreet, this statue is back to a wall - also bronze - on which were etched quotes from François Mauriac.
The German sculptor Haim Kern paid tribute to poet and French novelist François Mauriac him by erecting a bronze statue in 1990, which randomly encountered a walk in the 6th district.
L'ecrivain François Mauriac apparait debout devant deux steles posees comme un livre ouvert. A la jonction des deux pages, la decoupe d'une croix evidee rappelle sa foi chretienne. Les deux pages qui semblent sortir de terre se lisent de bas en haut, et rappellent les titres de ses principaux ecrits.
www.monnuage.fr:
Discrete, cette statue fait dos a un mur - de bronze egalement - sur lequel ont ete graves des citations de François Mauriac.
Le sculpteur allemand Haim Kern a rendu hommage au poete et romancier français François Mauriac en lui erigeant une statue de bronze en 1990, que l'on rencontre au hasard d'une promenade dans le 6e arrondissement.
Translation
www.publicartmuseum.net:
The writer François Mauriac appears standing before two steles posed as an open book. At the junction of two pages, the cutting of a hollow cross reminds his Christian faith. The two pages that seem to sprout read from bottom to top, and recall the titles of his major writings.
www.monnuage.fr:
Discreet, this statue is back to a wall - also bronze - on which were etched quotes from François Mauriac.
The German sculptor Haim Kern paid tribute to poet and French novelist François Mauriac him by erecting a bronze statue in 1990, which randomly encountered a walk in the 6th district.