Thrilled to learn during a Paris walkabout that Jean Dubuffet’s La Tour Aux Figures will be getting a $1.7 million facelift and paint job in 2018.
One of Jean Dubuffet’s last works, installed in the Parc de l’Ile Saint-Germain in a Paris suburb, was based on a model he made in 1967 and completed just before his death in 1985. The 24-meter high sculpture will definitely look more dramatic and vibrant with a fresh coat of paint.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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