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Châlons-en-Champagne
Marne
Champagne-Ardenne

Place Sainte-Croix

Nicolas Appert

Châlons-sur-Marne [-en-Champagne] 1849 - Massy 1841
French confectioner, inventor of airtight food preservation
(Wikipedia)

Jean Ipoustéguy
1991

Description

Column with on top a tin can with can opener, and halfway the column at the side a relief portrait of Appert, with the name and date nicolas APPERT 1749-1841.

Inscription(s)

On the stone base-plate is the text:

nicolas appert ne a chalons en champagne inventeur de la conserve appertisee

At the column:

association internationale nicolas appert

Signature

ipousteguy 1990

Sculptor

Jean Robert 'Ipoustéguy' (Dun-sur-Meuse 1920 - Doulcon, Meuse 2006), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres d'art de la Marne.

Locatie (N 48°57'5" - E 4°22'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frca055; Photograph: 26 May 2019
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