La Fontaine "L'Olympe" – Sceaux, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member jcb94
N 48° 46.563 E 002° 17.773
31U E 448293 N 5402799
[FR] Une statue-fontaine contemporaine installée dans le bassin octogonal du "Petit Château". [EN] A contemporary statue-fountain installed in the octagonal pond of the "Small Castle".
Waymark Code: WMD35Q
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/12/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 7

A l'est du "Petit Château", dans un bassin octogonal, se dresse une statue-fontaine contemporaine nommée "l’Olympe".
C'est une œuvre de Claude Lalanne. Elle évoque les automates qui se trouvaient autrefois dans ce jardin.
Réalisée en 1988, elle représente un enfant. Elle est en bronze et cuivre. Dimensions: 146 x 62 x 33 cm.
Elle rappelle l'époque où Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse du Maine, avait réservé le "Petit Château" à ses enfants.
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East of the "Small Castle", in an octagonal pond, raises itself a contemporary statue-fountain named "l’Olympe".
It is Claude Lalanne's work. it evokes the automatons which were formerly in this garden.
Realized in 1988, it represents a child. it is bronze and copper. Dimensions: 146 x 62 x 33 cm.
It calls back the period when Louise-Bénédicte of Bourbon-Condé, duchess of Maine, had reserved the "Small Castle" to her children.
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