France
20th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design & engraving : Georges Bétemps
printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-poste et des ValeursFiduciaires (ITVF) - France
The first stamp (0.50 French Francs) shows the bronze statue L'Age d'airain (The Age of Bronze).
image source Ibolli
This is the first bronze statue by the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Made in 1877, it brought him a certain notoriety at the age of 37, attracting state commissions before private commissions multiplied.
It is exhibited in the Rodin Museum and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, but there are many casts of it on display in various museums around the world.
The second stamp (0.90 French francs) shows L'Air (The Air), a work by the French sculptor Aristide Maillol (1861-1944).
image source Ibolli
It is a sculpture in lead. Created in 1938, this sculpture has been installed since 1964 in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. It is part of a group of statues by Maillol exhibited in the open air.
image source Wikimedia
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