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Scale model for a monumental work, by Michel Lucotte, France, 1974

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Model for a monumental steel sculpture (7.50 meters long, 2 meters high), created in 1974 for the technical college in Beaune (Côte d’Or), where it is still on display. The model, a unique piece, is in carved and painted wood, fixed on a natural wooden base. Lenght: 60 cm (23.6 inches) Height: 15.5 cm (6.1 inches) Depth: 6 cm (2.36 inches) The base: lenght 75 cm (29.5 inches) X depth 15 cm (5.9 inches) X height 2 cm (0.8 inche) Biography Michel Lucotte (Born August 2, 1931 in Dijon, lives in Burgundy) French painter, sculptor, writer, creator and poet. Professor at the National School of Fine Arts in Dijon (1958-1961) and at the Municipal School of Fine Arts in Beaune (1951-1991). Studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts de Dijon from 1946, learns pottery, at the same time creating around a hundred fired and glazed clay pieces in a private studio in the town. Visits to Vallauris, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, La Borne. Learns metalworking in a locksmith’s workshop in Dijon. Teacher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts de Dijon from 1958 to 1961. Teacher at the Ecole Municipale des Beaux-arts de Beaune from 1951 to 1991; taught ceramics for fifteen years, then painting and sculpture until his retirement. Member of the European Cultural Society of Venice. Solo exhibitions: -1951: Galerie Mai, Paris -1965: Salines Royales, Arc-et-Senans, Galerie Brocard, Paris -1966: Musée des Beaux-arts, Neuchâtel, Switzerland -1967: Galerie Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland -1972: Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, France -1978: Galerie Axe, Paris -1983: Galerie du Faubourg, Neuchâtel, Switzerland -1987: Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône -1991: Chapelle de 1’Oratoire and Bibliothèque Municipale, Beaune (catalog) -1994: FNAC Forum, Dijon Conseil régional de Bourgogne, Dijon -1998: Athenaeum, Beaune -2005: Centre Hospitalier G. F. Leclerc, Dijon -2008: Galerie L’ Arc-en-Seine, Paris -2009: Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune -2014: Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune -2015: Galerie Boccara, Paris -2018: Beaune Museums Works in public collections: – 1967 to 1995: creation of fourteen sculptures, public commissions under the 1% scheme for schools, including five in Beaune -1994: four stone sculptures, ConseiI régional de Bourgogne, Dijon -1996: two stone sculptures, Musée des Beaux-arts, Dijon -1999: two stone sculptures, Musée des Beaux-arts, Grenoble -2005: a wooden sculpture, Centre Hospitalier G.F. Leclerc, Dijon -2006: a steel sculpture and a painting, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon -2008 – July: total donation of a literary collection (fiction, studio notes, Ecrits en marge) Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune; -an album of engravings, Bibliothèque Municipale Gaspard Monge, Beaune -An album of engravings, Bibliothèque Municipale, Dijon -2009: two ceramics, Musée de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Many works in private collections in France and abroad. 2007: Edition of the “Vase blanc”, ceramic, by Domeau et Péres, produced by the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres Published works: -1990 Des arbres et des saisons, ed. Clos et Domaines -1992 Ecrits en marge, notes d’atelier – Dossier d’art contemporain, ed. Porte du Sud -1993 L’intaille alexandrine, novel, ed. Porte du Sud; Prix Bourgogne 1994; reprint ed. de L’ Armandon -1998 Le Verveux, novel, éd. de L’ Armandon
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    Height: 6.11 in (15.5 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 2.37 in (6 cm)
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    1974
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    Paris, FR
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    1stDibs: LU939445883912

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