Man walks through wall shock, Montmartre, Paris
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clive thompson france / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3663 x 5728 px | 31 x 48.5 cm | 12.2 x 19.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 February 2005Location:
Place Marcel Ayme montmartre paris france europeMore information:
Man embedded in wall. There are thousands of statues dotted around France's capital city but one which really jumps out at you, quite literally, is a 1980's work by Jean Marais called Le Passe-Muraille (the walker through walls), in Montmartre. Dedicated to the writer Marcel Ayme and based on his 1943 short story. It shows a mans head torso and three of his limbs emerging from a solid stone wall. All very wierd and very original. The statue can be found at Place Marcel Ayme marcel-Ayme on the junction of Rue Giardon and Rue Novrins. The nearest metro stations are at Lamarck Caulaincourt or Abbesses. A piece of urban sculpture in a communal yard in Montmartre Paris A man looking much like Salvador Dali is apparently walking through the wall