Pierre Cardin

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Pierre Cardin wearing the badge of Commander of the Legion of Honour
With the habit vert and the epée of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Statue by Andrei Kovalchuk, 2011
Carré des Ambassadeurs
Jardins des Champs-Élysées
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

“Official and personal greetings were sent by the President and Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli and Tair Salakhov, as well as Andrei Kovalchuk, Chairman of the Russian Union of Artists, who created a bronze sculpture of Cardin and presented it to him on this anniversary. The sculpture was installed next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris, on the Champs-Élysées. Congratulations on the occasion of Pierre Cardin’s birthday convey the deep respect and friendship of the Russian people and the nation’s prominent cultural figures.” (№2 2012, The Tetriakov Gallery Magazine)