Outside sculptures in Le Havre - France

Narrow House by Erwin Wurm - Located Avenue Foch, Le Havre, France. 

The Austrian artist Erwin Wurm likes to distort reality. The Narrow House has been squished and is only 1 meter wide. The notice for this work explains that “the artist has reproduced inside the house of his parents, where he grew up. It highlights the notion of deprivation of resources and our ability to adapt.”

The location of the Narrow House is far from random. It has been erected Avenue Foch in the heart of the area of Le Havre designed by Auguste Perret, the wide avenue that connects the Town Hall to the beach.

The Narrow House modeled on a traditional pavilion of the 70s contrasts with the pure and very distinctive style of the Perret ensemble (which is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites).

Fat Car by Erwin Wurm in front of the Hôtel Dubocage de Bléville, 1, rue Jérôme Bellarmato 76600 Le Havre 

Fat Car – Die cast aluminium lacquer - by Erwin Wurm 

Erwin Wurm has created several Fat Cars between 2001 and 2005. 

Both Narrow House and Fat Car are part of “A summer in Le Havre 2019”.

Catène de Containers – Sculpture by Vincent Ganivet 

Vincent Ganivet created two monumental arches made of 36 shipping containers intertwine. This installation is 25 metres high. 

This permanent installation, sponsored by VINCI Construction France, is in placce since May 27, 2017 and is located Quai de Southampton, Le Havre, France (not far from the MuMa - Museum of Modern Art André Malraux) 

Related resources 

• Erwin Wurm official website  
• Vincent Ganivet official website  

Other posts on Le Havre

• Pissarro in harbours exhibition at MuMa – Le Havre
• Malraux Museum in Le Havre
• Studies of cows by Eugene Boudin
• Raoul Dufy: bringing flat colours to life

19th century paintings at the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (circa 1890) – Oil on canvas 65 x 92 cm by Claude Monet

Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (detail) – by Claude Monet

Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (detail) – by Claude Monet

Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (detail) – by Claude Monet

This painting is one of a series of five painting that Monet did during the summer of 1890 in Giverny to capture the changing light at different moments of the day.

You can see another work in this series on Christie’s site. Another one is in the collection of the Harn Museum of Art in Florida.

Bords de Seine ou du Loing – Oil on canvas (38.5 cm x 46.5 cm) by Alfred Sisley (Collection Musée d'Orsay on loan to MAMCS)

Les coteaux de La Celle vus de Saint-Mammès, après-midi de septembre – Oil on canvas by Alfred Sisley

Les coteaux de La Celle vus de Saint-Mammès, après-midi de septembre (Detail) –  by Alfred Sisley

Les coteaux de La Celle vus de Saint-Mammès, après-midi de septembre (Detail) –  by Alfred Sisley

La petite fabrique – Oil on canvas (26.5 cm x 40.2 cm) by Camille Pissarro

Autumn in Bavaria – Oil on paper mounted on cardboard – by Wassily Kandinsky

Parc de Saint-Cloud – Oil on cardboard – by Wassily Kandinsky 

Parc de Saint-Cloud (detail) – by Wassily Kandinsky

Autoportrait / Self-portrait (circa 1901)- Oil on canvas by Eugène Carrière

Autoportrait / Self-portrait (detail) - by Eugène Carrière

Antibes, le soir - Oil on canvas by Paul Signac

Antibes, le soir (detail)- Oil on canvas by Paul Signac

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A nice bunch of flowers

A nice bunch of flowers - Inkpen and watercolour by Benoit PHILIPPE

Elisabeth (Nana) by Niki de Saint Phalle at the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Elisabeth (Nana) [1965] – Sculpture (resin on metallic structure) by Niki de Saint Phalle

Further information

• Niki de Saint Phalle on Wikipedia
• The Niki Charitable Art Foundation 
• It would have been Niki de Saint Phalle’s 84th birthday

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Sketches from the North of France

A few sketches I did in the North of France earlier this year.

Two shops in Valenciennes.

Au Fil du Temps - inkpen and watercolour by Benoit Philippe

Cafe the 36 - Inkpen by Benoit Philippe

Two sketches done at the Lewarde Mining Historical Centre.

Busts of Charles Tauchon and Jules Marmottan - Inkpen by Benoit PHILIPPE

On the stove - inkpen by Benoit PHILIPPE

I did this last sketch literally in 5 minutes.

Le Salon de musique by Vassily Kandinsky –Strasbourg Museum of Mordern and Contemprorary Art

Le Salon de musique (the Music Room) 1931 - Three walls with ceramics by Vassily Kandinsky (Moscow, 1866 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944)

This is a replica of the Artcurial galery in 1975 from a model from 1931. Provenance: Donation from L'Oréal in 2006.

Three Studies for the Music Room.

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Picasso –Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Personnage ceuillant des fleurs – Oil on panel by Pablo Picasso 

Personnages debout – Oil on panel by Pablo Picasso 

Buste de femme – Charcoal ond oil on canvas 

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