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Deauville
Calvados
Basse-Normandie

Rue Desiré Le Hoc / Rue Victor Hugo

Desiré Le Hoc

mayor of Deauville, 1900-1919

Francis La Monaca
Fonderie Valsuani (Châtillon)
1920

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

Désiré LE HOC

Maire de DEAUVILLE

de 1900 à 1919

Signed: La Monacq
cire perdue VALSUANI

Annotation

Inaugurated 3 July 1921. The original bust was molten in 1942, but before it was molten a plaster copy was made, from which after the war a new bust was cast.

Sculptor

Francesco (Francis) La Monaca (Catanzaro, Italy, 1882 - Washington, DC, 1937), Italian/French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Petit Patrimoine, Recherche.
Ministere de culture, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel.

Locatie (N 49°21'34" - E 0°4'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn013; Photograph: 25 May 2012
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