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Deauville
Calvados
Basse-Normandie

Boulevard Eugène Cornuché / Rue Mirabeau Prolongée

Eugène Cornuché

-1926
entrepeneur, owner of the Casino in Deauville

Francis La Monaca
1927

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

a
eugene
cornuche
la
plage fleurie

Signed: La Monacq

Annotation

Inaugurated 29 May 1927. 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

Ministere de culture, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel.

Locatie (N 49°21'48" - E 0°4'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn015; Photograph: 25 May 2012
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