Une Paire de Dames, Hommage à Jean Marais - Limited Edition of 25 Print

‘Une Paire de Dames, Hommage à Jean Marais’, Aluminium Dye Sublimation, 94 X 120 cm (38 X 48 inches), 2019. Marcel Aymé, a French novelist, published in 1943 one of his most famous short stories - "Le Passe-Muraille" ("The Walker-Through-Walls"). Mr. Dutilleul, a bourgeois government official living in Montmartre suddenly discovers that he has the power to go through walls. Thanks to this fantastic gift he becomes rich, famous and an admirable figure. Alas, one early morning, when he leaves a married woman’s house after they spent the night together, his power fades away while crossing the walls. Thus, our poor protagonist remains since permanently frozen inside the wall. Jean Marais, a French actor, sculptor and a friend of Marcel Aymé, has paid a sublime homage to his friend and has transformed the fantasy to reality: In 1989 his astonishing bronze statue of Aymé himself, stuck in the wall like his main character, was installed in Place Marcel Aymé in the heart of the 18th arrondissement in Paris. Being fascinated by this statue and by Marais’ unforgettable role as the arch villain in ‘Fantômas’, I have always had the fantasy of placing a couple of beautiful women next to this lonely mighty figure. The idea of the poker’s pair of queens was amusing. Another amusing idea was to paint on the wall a small personal graffiti to the love of my life, something I wouldn’t do so easily outside my atelier… At times art may well serve as a medium for turning some of our fantasies to reality. As a basis for creating my work I used "Le passe-muraille par Jean Marais, Paris" (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/le-passe-muraille-par-jean-marais-paris-56a7dc57625c49f390c2361fa45ddf0b) by Yannoid (https://sketchfab.com/y.decouessin), licensed under SKETCHFAB Standard (https://sketchfab.com/licenses).

Print:Giclee on Photo Paper

Size:10 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:15.25 W x 13.25 H x 1.2 D in

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