"grieving statues" in the Jardins des Tuileries
 

Hi all

quick question here. I've likely seen these statues a dozen times and taken photos nearly as many... but I don't know who made it/them.

it is the guy with his head in his hand, butt nekkid.

anyone? anyone? bueller? bueller?

Save Ferris!

"it is the guy with his head in his hand, butt nekkid."

Do you mean Rodin?

He was in the Rodin museum, has he moved?

The THINKER is in the Rodin gardens but there are statues in the Tuileries by Rodin.

no no, not the Thinker, I'd definitely know that one. ;-)

this is a guy, standing, hunched over kinda, on a tall pedestal, in the Jardins, head in hand.

hang on, I'll put a few up on ofoto:

http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=eldvm1b...1&y=2o8sq2

"....some modern sculptures have been placed around the gardens, mostly works by Giacometti, Ernst, Moore, Raymond Mason and a couple of colourful Roy Lichtensteins"

Does that help any?

I tried a Google image search, and a web search. I found one image but the caption was generic.

Someone IN Paris is going to have to walk up to that statue, note what the placque says (if there is one), and report back here!

Fedex me a ticket and I'll be in Paris tomorrow :D

I tried searching too, couldn't find a "directory" for the statuary in the Tuileries.
Do you recall approximately where the statue is?
It's not necessarily labled of course, but wouldn't it be nice if there WERE a plaque?

The sculpture is called "Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel" and is by Henri Vidal. Voyez:

http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/O0007457.html

I think I found your wee man:

Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel by Henri Vidal.

Check this link to be sure:

http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/O0007457.html

Bravo, mvor, that's it!!!

thanks to both of you, that's the one!

rjw, how did you locate it?

Cigalechanta: I did a Google search on "Jardin des Tuileries" and looked for a French-language website with any displayed keywords like "artiste(s)" or "vue" or "photos" or "sculpture(s) française(s)". I was guessing that the French sites would be more likely to catalog the works in the gardens.

Whew. We can all get back to work now, thanks!

I have a photo of this same guy - now I can update my photo label. You guys rock.

OK, just so Travelnut has an excuse to knock off early, I put up two more pictures. please check 'em out and name that tune! (they may well be on the same website as above)

Thanks, rjw, for answering. I looked at some French sites but didn't find it.
((F))