Monument des Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights monument) by Ivan Theimer
Champ de Mars
Avenue Charles Risler
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002
“The Monument to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen or Monument des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen in French, is located in Paris, in the Champs de Mars gardens on Avenue Charles-Risler. Commissioned by the City of Paris, it was erected in 1989 on the occasion of the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Inspired by Egyptian mastaba tombs, it includes many references to revolutionary imagery. It is the work of the Czech sculptor Ivan Theimer.” (Monument to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Wikipedia)
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