La Petite Escalere

Garden of the Haims

Marie-Laure Bernadac, Dominique Haim, Pierre Wat

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English

Editions Norma
01 March 2021

Sculpture; Gardens (descriptions, history etc); Garden design & planning; Landscape gardening

In the 1970s, in the region of the Landes, between Bayonne and Peyrehorade, on the banks of the Adour River, the photographer Jeannette Leroy and the art dealer Paul Haim created a sculpture garden around a modest farm, La Petite Escalere. With the help of the faithful gardener Gilbert Carty, amidst canals, bridges, paths made of railway ties, and many trees and flowers, they installed about 50 works, some of them monumental, by artists such as Rodin, Maillol, Niki de Saint Phalle, Zao Wou-Ki, Francoise Lacampagne, Cardenas, Mark Di Suvero, Leger, Matta, Zigor... Paul positioned the sculptures, and to help them vanish into the natural environment Jeannette would plant a shrub, a rosebush, dahlias, an oak, a maple, a gingko, a Caucasian walnut... I don't want this garden to become ridiculous! she said. Paul Haim has evoked the bewitching beauty of La Petite Escalere better than anyone else: The nonchalant visitor will pass from the shade of Les Barthes to the brightness of the Moura, from the freshness of the fountains to the suffocating heat of the forest. Coming around a bush, he allows himself to be surprised by an unusual presence. Immutable. ...

Far from the agitations of the world, sinking into nothing-ness, watching the clouds go by, contemplating the places of joy.

Text in English and French. AUTHORS: Dominique Haim is director of the publication, and a collector. Marie-Laure Bernadac is an Emerita Conservator of Cultural Heritage, and an art historian. Pierre Wat is an art historian and critic. 150 colour illustrations

By: Marie-Laure Bernadac, Dominique Haim, Pierre Wat
Imprint: Editions Norma
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 250mm,
Weight: 1.628kg
ISBN: 9782376660392
ISBN 10: 2376660394
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Dominique Haim is director of the publication, and a collector. Marie-Laure Bernadac is an Emerita Conservator of Cultural Heritage, and an art historian. Pierre Wat is an art historian and critic.