Zadkine - our last free museum taken care of by the city of Paris

As soon as we saw this playground, the Professor said. "Wouldn't the children like this?"

This ride is a cross between a swing and a zip line.  The kids were loving it.

Interesting last name

Was this a political marriage between England and France?

House of the Senat in the background

Water in the fountain.  Only the second one that we have seen this spring.

Pied Piper

The joys of family  or les joies de la Famille

by Horace Daillion

Zadkine in the park 

bronze sculpture by Ossip Zadkine along the south walkway (Le Poète-donated by the Zadkine museum in 1991)

Lunch in the park

My bench partner is trying hard to ignore me.  I am sure she wondered why we 

sitting on HER bench when there were so many empty benches to choose from.

The answer:  she had found a quiet spot sheltered from the wind.

I am pretty sure that his cholesterol is going to be too high on his next check-up.

As you can see in the above photograph from their official page, there is really nowhere to 

sit to enjoy your burger and frites. 

When we found the rois de la frite at 184 rue St Jacques, the line of people waiting to place

orders was coming out the door and down the sidewalk to the right.  We have

never had so many fries. Their maxi 'cornet' of French fries would put Five Guys to shame.

Window shopping only.  Check out the prices and remember a Euro is worth

more than an American dollar. 

Pantheon in the background

There are several renditions of this same statue.  It is Rebecca carrying a water jar on

her shoulder.   Also called  la Grande Porteuse d'eau

Thanks to one of the staff members at the museum the two of us are in a picture together.

Not my favorite photo but these are rare. I was so hot in the museum that my hair was wet 

and never recovered.

L'oiseau d'or

A torso carved in wood

This is also made of wood before being covered with gold leaf.

Because of the lighting behind these two pieces, it is difficult to see the intricate designs

carved into the bodies of these "women".  One of them looks as if she is holding a guitar.

I think that the theory was that the viewer could see both sides of this work. 

In actuality though it really doesn't work.

When we were in the garden, we looked at all of the dried vines on the wall and thought of the promise of spring.   I could not resist borrowing a picture of the same spot in the summer.

Thank you, Paris Zigzag.

The reclining woman

Somewhat surprisingly this statue has softly draping fabric.

In stone of course.

Rebecca

The guide book says that Zadkine felt "cramped" by cubist art's restrictions.  He felt that

cubism reduced the figure to plain geometry.  

Many of his works were actually in the homes of interior designers and several of 

the pieces indicate that they were commissioned.

This figure is carved from wood.

The destruction of a city.

One blogger said that it referred to Rotterdam after bombing in WWII

The brothers Van Gogh