Title

Perreaut, 'Le réveil de l'Empereur' (The awakening of the Emperor), 20th Century

Caption

Jacques Perreaut
French School, 20th and 21st Century
'Le réveil de l'Empereur' (The awakening of the Emperor)
Smelting of bronze, aluminium and iron
Height: 112 cm, width: 120 cm, depth: 50 cm
Private collection

Info+

'Memories table', a writing cabinet, its drawers: tombs of icons, dug in the rock made of solid and successive layers of Time, such as a novel hero, man carves History: every drawer is a chapter, that opens with a crash - the creaking sound of a marching cannon.

Date

20th century

Credit line

Photo12/Michel Bury

Reference

MBY11A01_337

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,9Mb (1,2Mb) / 14,3in x 9,5in / 4288 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

Perreaut Cast Iron Bronze Aluminium Iron Emperor Alarm clock Writing office Sculpture Surrealist Surrealism Writing office Drawer Head Channel

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