Semiabstract figures of a man and a woman holding a bar above their heads. The bar displays a burned quote by Paul Éluard translated into Italian: "Libertà io scrivo il tuo nome sull' architrave della mia porta. P. Éluard” (Freedom, I write thy name on the top of my door rail). The ‘Freedom’ poem was written by Paul Éluard in 1942 during the German occupation of France. The sculptors used the original quote in French: "Sur le tremplin de ma porte... J'écris ton nom" (On the sill of my door... I write your name). The hands look like tree branches. And the metal plate on the stand reads: “Premio artigiano per la Pace 1984 / La città di boves alla città di Volgograd”
Sculptural composition “Freedom”
Italy ,
1984
МЗСБ КП 22032/1
92,2 х 29,5 х 12 cm
wood, metal, turning, grinding, burning, varnishing, engraving
1984 Peace Creator Award to the people of Volgograd, who knew the horrors of war, from the Sermig community (SERMIG - Youthful Missionary Service Brotherhood of Hope). The stylized figures of a man and a woman hold a crossbar above them, on which a quote from Paul Eluard is burned in Italian: "Freedom, I write your name on the crossbar of my door" (Libertà io scrivo il tuo nome sull' architrave della mia porta. P. Éluard). Ode "Freedom" was written by Éluard in 1942 during the German occupation of France. The base (stand) of the sculptural group has a metal plate attached with the text: “1984 Peace Creator Award / City of bulls to the city of Volgograd” (Premio artigiano per la Pace 1984 / La città di boves alla città di Volgograd).
Piedmont region, Turin
See also
Memorial plaque “Grateful France to Stalingrad”
France ,
30.11.1944
Memorial plaque “Grateful France to Stalingrad”
Memorial plaque “Grateful France to Stalingrad” (À Stalingrad hommage de la France). From the record of Ch. de Gaulle [translation]: "Famous and eternal city that made the turn. France salutes it. 30.11.1944."
Present from Charles de Gaulle, the Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, who visited Stalingrad on 30.11.1944
