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The price was exorbitant, far exceeding 1%. For the same reason we dismissed the idea of works by Picasso or Ernst.
Yves Droulers who was a city
councillor put us in contact with the
Maison de la Culture. It was there
that the name of Ipoustéguy (born in
Lorraine in 1920) was proposed for
the first time. Very little was known
of him in France then. Contacted in 1970 the artist made a drawing of his proposal the same year, which he called “L’accomplissement de l’homme vers son unité” (The fulfilment of man walking
Fig. 5.15: Preparatory drawing for the sculptural assembly proposed by Ipoustéguy.
towards unity). The interpretation by the artist of his work is given in appendix 7. We were won over. Our own opinions were not sufficient, and Alfred Bauer submitted the project to various experts, including Dr Fuchs, Director of the Kunsthalle, Mannheim, and an expert in contemporary art, of which the museum had an exemplary collection. At the same time, to ensure the binational character of the ILL a second project to be placed in the lecture theatre was also
Fig. 5.14: Ipoustéguy in 2003
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