Par Isabelle Villy
Published on 27 Jul 23 at 18:13 See my news Follow 76news The Little Prince sculpted by Jean-Marc de Pas, in Bois-Guilbert (Seine-Maritime), will be installed next September on 5th Avenue in New York , in front of the Albertine villa, in the Manhattan district. (©Isabelle Villy)
His gaze is turned to the sky. He is almost nonchalantly seated. The Little Prince sculpted by Jean-Marc de Pas, suggests a sensation of movement and invites the viewer to discover this fabulous character further…
With these little airs of the no less famous Tintin by Hergé, this representation shaped by the artist of Bois-Guilbert Sculpture Gardennext to Rouen (Seine Maritime), coincides with the image of the Little Prince, as seen in the book of Saint-Exupery. A representation faithful to the graphics, to the purity of the line, with no other addition than the essential: two holes for the eyes, simple little dots, but which nevertheless give a feeling of depth, and attract, irresistibly… a small line to mark the birth of the nose, but no more than a line touching the material.
The Little Prince will anchor on 5th Avenue
This representation faithful to the image of the Little Prince was a bias for Jean-Marc de Pas, when he made this order intended to leave for the United States. And Thursday, July 20, 2023, this beautiful Little Prince was ready to take off: it will soon be installed on 5th Avenue, in Manhattan, New Yorkin front of the prestigious Villa Albertine, on the low wall bordering the building which houses a library on two floors, in a place specially fitted out for him.
Everyone will be able to sit near the sculpture
There, the public will be able to sit near this hero of literature, take a few photos to immortalize the moment, with images that will surely go around the worldvia social media.
The Little Prince will thus continue to enchant, to make the public dream, who will surely then want to rediscover the story of this hero of Saint-Exupery. But let’s get back to the starting point of this incredible adventure, a network of friendships that brought together associations, authorities, eminent members of literature and the arts, to lead to this sculpture project of the Little Prince…
A contest created by the American Society of French Souvenirs
Originally, it was the American Society of French Souvenirs in New York that launched this international competition, to celebrate the 80th anniversary from the tale of Saint-Exupéry. Brigitte Smith, vice-president of Souvenir Français in the United States, personally recommended the name of Jean-Marc de Pas on the occasion of this competition. And this is how the sculptor and his wife Stéphanie prepared a complete file.
“And it was Jean-Marc’s project that was selected,” recalls Stéphanie de Pas with emotion, during a meeting last Thursday in Bois-Guilbert, in the presence of Martine Bonino, president of the French Souvenir committee. of Forges.
Videos: currently on News Martine Bonino of the French Souvenir Committee of Forges-les-Eaux has made the link with the American Society, which has commissioned Jean-Marc de Pas for The Little Prince. (©Isabelle Villy)
Promote and spread the values of the association
A story of friendship and network again, which connects the two countries, France and the United States and which will allow, all hope, in the future, to also spread the action and the values of this association. , whose mission is to transmit to younger generations in particular, the memory of the soldiers who died for France. What more beautiful hero than The Little Prince indeed, to connect all these wills and lead to reflection.
This is the first time that the artist Jean-Marc de Pas has delivered an order in the United States and it is like a symbol, one might say, of him whose tale written by Saint-Exupéry bathed his whole childhood and has often been like a common thread in his work.
A work written in 1942, in the United States, by Saint-Exupéry
Not far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, near Central Park, The Little Prince will thus continue to write its history, on 5th Avenue, in the fabulous setting of the beautiful Villa Albertine. A fabulous tribute to an inalienable, essential hero who will forever remain eternal… And a good opportunity to (re) immerse yourself in the work of Saint-Exupéry.
As an additional nod to history, note that The Little Prince was written in 1942, precisely in New York: “When his publisher offered Saint-Exupéry to write a tale, the latter dropped everything to write it”, underlines Jean-Marc de Pas who adds:
We may not know it, but Saint-Exupéry somehow got pumped up to go to war! He wanted to take his part for freedom and he did everything for this reconquest of freedom, where he left his life (Saint-Exupéry’s plane was shot down and reported missing off the coast of Marseilles in 1944, during a reconnaissance mission). The Little Prince thus appears as a literary testament.
Jean-Marc de PasSculptor
Written in the United States, The Little Prince thus returns to the lands of his literary birth: a beautiful symbol to pay homage to this little character who embodies “gentleness and benevolence”, in a world that is often sorely lacking in it.
2023-07-27 16:13:20
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