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An animated sculpture given by Pol Bury to my grandfather.

Excerpt from “The Maeght Saga”

Grandpa, who has always designed furniture and entrusted its decoration to the most contemporary designers, such as Jean-Michel Frank, André Arbus or Charlotte Perriand, convinced Mamy to leave Avenue Foch and the Haussmannian alignments to settle on the Left Bank, on the Champ-de-Mars, avenue Élisée-Reclus. The building is under construction and Grandpa can imagine his ideal apartment there, an ultra-modern duplex. As soon as the door is pushed open, we are in his world. The entrance opens on two floors, the floor is shiny black marble – Mamy, whose eyesight is getting worse, is always afraid of slipping. Reflected there is a sculptural stainless steel staircase, designed by Pol Bury, which leads to the upper floor. On the steps, moving steel spheres punctuate the day with rattling sounds. Mamy's old German shepherd broke a leg there, after which my grandmother would only take the elevator to reach the only part of the apartment where Aimé had no say in the matter, c that is to say his bedroom, his dressing room and his small living room. The immense entrance is lit by a monumental chandelier by Diego Giacometti which draws the eye upwards, allowing you to discover the large railings of the loggia, works by Miró made of engraved and painted plexiglass.