Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Léon Blum

Monument to Léon Blum by Philippe Garel, place Léon-Blum, Paris

Monument to Léon Blum by Philippe Garel, 1984
Place Léon-Blum
Quartier de la Roquette, 11th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

“Finally, an impressive, larger-than-life statue of Blum was completed in 1986 by the sculptor P. Garel; temporarily housed in the Jardins des Tuileries, its permanent location is yet to be determined.” (Joel Colton, Léon Blum: Humanist in Politics, 1987)

1 comment:

cieldequimper said...

He governed in difficult times...