Two men in a Paris cemetery - Auguste Maillard

These two naked men, located in a prominent cemetery in Paris, and sculpted in stone, are a mystery. They were created by Auguste Maillard, famous French sculptor who died in 1944, but we could not find any information about it (except that it was given after his death), unlike others sculptures from him, well documented.

We initially discovered the existence of this sculpture, years ago and not knowing where it was, through the French photographer Paul Marguerite. Then, only knowing the town (which has two cemeteries), looking at the other pictures we determined which of the two it was, and went a few days ago, where we could take the pictures of this post. So it is located in the 'New' cemetery of Neuilly, actually on the areas of Puteaux/Nanterre, built around 1884.

Auguste Maillard was born in 1864, he studied sculpture with Alexandre Falguière, at the Paris Fine Arts school. Numerous busts and monuments from him are disseminated in France. In public places, cemeteries. He died accidentally during the 'Libération' or end of the last war, in August 1944, having received a lost bullet in front of his house, in Neuilly.

During the World Exhibition held in Paris in 1900, he received an award for his 'Icarus fall'
marble sculpture, which unfortunately disappeared mysteriously during a transfer for being 'renovated', in 2005.

Auguste Maillard 'Icarus Fall' postcard - Collection Delcampe

Sources
Paul Marguerite
Wikipedia
Article sur La Chute d'Icare
Delcampe

Male couple sculpture in cemetery (1)

Male couples sculptures displayed in cemeteries are not (yet) so frequent to my knowledge. I have been touched by this one below,in stone, concrete, or maybe a marble sculpture, affected by time passing, seasons, trees around, rain and maybe snow, ... Despite some search, I haven't found the location or more details.

Photo by Paul Marguerite.

Christopher park and the 'Stonewall' gay sculptures from George Segal

Almost 35 years ago, in 1979, pop sculptor George Segal was commissioned by the Mildred Andrews Fund, a private Cleveland-based foundation that supports public art, to create a sculpture that would commemorate the famous 1969 rebellion in front of the Stonewall bar in New York.
That rebellion and riots marks the beginning of the modern gay liberation.
Below are some pictures of this life-size sculpture.

Picture by Wally Gobetz

Picture by Yotsuba

                                 
One plaque gives credit to the sculptor and foundation, and another one allows the public to know more about the location, the bar, the park, the artist, the foundation, etc. The long text is part of the NYC Historical Signs Project.

                                    

Below is a photograph of a sculpture copy, installed on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California (copyright Ingrid Taylor).

George Segal biography and more détails on his artist's life and works can be seen in wikipedia here and at the Artist's Cafe here. A retrospective was also held in 2002 at the Hermitage in St Petersburg (see here).