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Louise Labé et Maurice Scève

Louise Labé and Maurice Scève

Louise Labé (Lyon c. 1524 - Parcieux-en-Dombes 1566)
Maurice Scève (Lyon c. 1501 - Lyon c. 1564), French poets
(Wikipedia: Labé and Scève)

Jean Ipoustéguy
Blanchet
1982

Description

Modern sculpture including a statue of Louise Labé, and Maurice Scève, both mentioned by the sculpture in the dedication by the sculptor on the base:

en hommage a louise labe et maurice sceve poetes lyonnais. ipousteguy 1981

This sculpture, to which the sculptor has also given a second title, 'le corps du délit' (the body of the crime), represents 'both a woman who appears to be split up and the fusion of two bodies. By its deployment in space as agitated and violent as subtle and carnal, this work is a true ode to love'(Defillon 2017).

Signature

blanchet fondeur

Lyon - Louise Labé et Maurice Scève

Artist

Jean Robert 'Ipoustéguy' (Dun-sur-Meuse 1920 - Doulcon, Meuse 2006), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Sculptures and Statues.
Histoire lyonnaises, Julien Defillon, 7 Oct. 2017, PATRIMOINE/Histoire de la place Louis Pradel (partie 2).
Christian Sozzi (ed.), L’art public dans le Grand Lyon, de l’après-guerre à nos jours, rapporté à l’histoire urbaine: périodisation, commandes, perspectives (Lyon: Agence d’urbanisme pour le développement de l’agglomération Lyonnaise, 2011-2012) (PDF on-line), p. 51-52.

Location (N 45°46'5" - E 4°50'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra128; Photograph: 12 August 2018
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