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Pluie (Rain)

Jean-Michel Folon’s bronze man in a hat and long coat holding a pole under an umbrella made of falling water at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
Artwork FileLausanne · Switzerland

Pluie (Rain)

Seen2016

Jean-Michel Folon · Olympic Museum, Lausanne

Photo: Guy Delsaut / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), as used in Street Art Utopia, media 134455. Artwork: Jean-Michel Folon.

Pluie (Rain) is a 1996 bronze fountain by Jean-Michel Folon at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne: a man in a long coat and hat stands under an umbrella formed by water. Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. The umbrella is waterThe museum's record titles it “Rain. Man under a waterfall umbrella” and describes a sculpture fountain. Source Checked
  2. Bronze, 172 kgThe Olympic Museum lists the figure as bronze, about 212 × 70 × 50 cm and 172 kg. Source Checked
  3. At the museum entranceStatues Quo places it in front of the museum entrance at 1 Quai d'Ouchy. Source Reported
  4. Part of the collectionIt is inventory number 62535 in the Olympic Museum collection. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

In front of the Olympic Museum, Quai d'Ouchy 1, Lausanne, Switzerland. Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 2016

    Photograph by Guy Delsaut, dated 2016, shown by Statues Quo.

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✅ The facts

Artist
Jean-Michel Folon Source Checked
Year
1996 Source Checked
Material
Bronze Source Checked
Size
About 212 × 70 × 50 cm, 172 kg Source Checked
Place
Olympic Museum, Quai d'Ouchy 1, Lausanne Source Checked
Owner
Olympic Museum, inventory no. 62535 Source Checked
Latest dated photograph
2016 (Guy Delsaut) Source Reported

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Guy Delsaut / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), as used in Street Art Utopia, media 134455. Artwork: Jean-Michel Folon.

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