Nagrobek Aleksandra, Eugeniusza i Yvette Kucharskich, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2024
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Photo showing Tombstone of Alexander, Eugene and Yvette Kucharski

Figure from the tomb of Alexander, Eugene and Yvette Kucharski, Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2009
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Nagrobek Aleksandra, Eugeniusza i Yvette Kucharskich, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2022
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Instytut Polonika, License terms and conditions

Nagrobek Aleksandra, Eugeniusza i Yvette Kucharskich, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Instytut Polonika, License terms and conditions

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ID: NGR-018665-P/170047

Tombstone of Alexander, Eugene and Yvette Kucharski

Paris | France

Père-Lachaise Cemetery

ID: NGR-018665-P/170047

Tombstone of Alexander, Eugene and Yvette Kucharski

Paris | France
Père-Lachaise Cemetery

On a broad square granite pedestal, a thick flat slab of black marble, on it in one corner (at the head) a tall rectangular pedestal with a pseudo inscription, flanked by two lower and smaller pedestals in truncated rectangles; on the central pedestal, a bronze sculpture on a base depicting a supernaturally tall Christ in a long ancient robe with his hands directed towards his bare chest. On the pedestal an engraved inscription, below it an engraved Order of the Golden Fleece.

Inscription:

Od frontu:
ARQUIS EUGÈNE / KUCHARSKI / 1905 – 1977 / INGÉNIEUR FONDATEUR / DE L'ÉCOLE PROFESSIONNELLE / SUPÉRIEURE DE PARIS / MARQUISE YVETTE / KUCHARSKI / 1922 - 2010 //.

Na lewym boku lewego niższego postumentu:
A la mémoire de / KUCHARSKI ALEXANDRE / PEINTRE À LA COUR DE FRANCE / 1741 - 1819 //.

Nr konc.: [77 P – 1954]

Related persons:

Aleksander Kucharski
Eugène Kucharski

Time of construction:

1955

Tombstone location:

Sector number Div. 1 Tomb number 1

Dimensions:

375 x 218 x 218 cm

Additional dimensions:

base of monument 218 x 218 cm, central pedestal 175 cm, side pedestals 135 cm, statue of Christ approx. 200 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), marble, copper alloy (bronze, brass or bronze alloy)

Additional Information about materials:

polished granite (plinth), polished black marble (slab, pedestal), bronze (sculpture);

Ceator's signature:

syg. na postumencie pomnika: F BLACK; syg. na postumencie rzeźby w brązie przedstawiającej Chrystusa w nadnaturalnej wysokości: Susie fond[..]r Paris syg. brązownika i Black (syg. rzeźbiarza)

Creator:

Franciszek Ksawery Jacenty Black (rzeźbiarz; Francja)(preview)

Additional information:

A model of the monumental sculpture in plaster called 'Sacré Coeur' is in the Musée de Saint Maur, donated by the artist's daughter Maya Black; the sculpture of Christ was made in 1935 and named as 'Le Christ-Roi' (see A. Schneeberger, François Black avec 22 Reproductions de Sculptures, Paris 1939).

Concession number established from the B.C. burial books; D.C.: the conc. was redeemed on 20 December 1954 by Eugène Boniface Kucharski.

Location Div. 1, row 1 from av. du Boulevard, gr. 1 from av. Thirion (corner)

Bibliography:

Domenico Gabrielli, „Dictionnaire historique du Père-Lachaise, Les éditions de l’amateur”, Paris 2002, s. 179
Paul Bauer, „Deux siècles d'histoire au Père Lachaise, Mémoire et Documents”, Versailles 2006, s. 445