We are at Montmartre. I have
often passed by here, but never made a post about this sculpture. It represents somehow a combination of a Franch novelist, screen and theatre playwright, named Marcel
Aymé (1902-67) and Mr. Dutilleul. Marcel Aymé lived just round the corner (Rue
Norvins) and so did the fictive Mr. Dutilleul, the “heroe” of a novel by Marcel
Aymé titled Le Passe-Muraille (The Walker-Through-Walls). Mr. Dutilleul
discovered at the age of 42 that he “had the remarkable gift of being able to
pass through walls with perfect ease”.
The
sculpture was made by a – at least in France – famous actor, Jean Marais
(1913-98), who had sculpting as more than a hobby. Jean Marais was a big star
in France and was also known as the friend (in all respects) of Jean Cocteau
(1889-1963), who portrayed Jean at many occasions.
What made
me think it was time to post about this was the little extra thing that also
seemed to pass the wall. I’m not sure how long it will stay there.
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24 comments:
On dirait qu'on lui serre souvent la main.
Great as always Peter. Your childhood picture is up today at my blog.
Denise
:-)
Bonne journée,
Pierre
cette statue en hommage a marcel ayme est magnifique (j'aime aussi le rajout ;o)) , superbe livre et film le "Passe-Muraille"
Oh, I have a photo of that sculpture, that man in the wall. It was somewhat scary when I ran on it.
Les fesses dorées, un nouveau space invader ?
En pensant au superbe rajout je lisais "sans coeur!" au lieu de "Sacré Coeur!"
Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVE nerdy street details like this! I am definitely shaking this man's hand - as many other people have done, from the look of it - the next time I'm in town!
I have seen him many times but never known the story about him before. Thank you for the info.
The little golden b... I haven't seen before ;o) lol...
What the ... . Never knew about it.
Very interesting art! :)
Love the first composition!
Léia
What a perfect golden sculpture!
I like Jean Marais´s work too.
So, is young Indiana Jones back from the old splendor?
Hope you had a great time...
Maria
Uma foto curiosa de uma escultura esplêndida...Vi muitos filmes com o grande Jean Marais que eu muito apreciava.
Um abraço
Graça
Amazing wall
Thank you for showing it to me..
Unforgetable
Bon Anniversaire, mon ami!!
I too have photographed this but was awaiting your blog post to find out the story ! :)
Now about the golden "thing"! HA Only in Paris!
V
What a mystery. And great idea for a sculpture to represent him. And cute little addition, which reminds me of my little grandson. You see, I happen to be the one who changes his nappy while I'm visiting on weekends. :-)
Too funny! Nobody knows who left their butt there?
bon anniversaire Peter.. I just saw it on Claude's blog and as I only know one blogging Peter...
have a happy one !
anni
That's a fun addition to this wall, Peter. Thanks for showing it to us. It was not there when I photographed there in Oct/Nov last fall. Ah, street artists.
-Kim
La main à la patine lustrée me fait penser à une nouvelle effrayante de Guy de Maupassant :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Main_d'%C3%A9corch%C3%A9
Is this new there or I've simply missed it?
haha! that shiny thing looks like it's going to stay for awhile. ^-^
and again, thanx for the much info,
i;m learning something new about this and that everyday. ^0^
I remember the actor Jean Marais, quite handsome when young and bad actor. Far better when older and ugly. This is the first piece of sculpture I see from him.
Thanks
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