Modern Sculptors
About Modern Sculptors
A block of marble sets itself on a table and a line writes Pathé Frères across the face. Julienne Mathieu brings in a lump of clay. The clay spins and settles into an orangutan that smokes a pipe. She carries that figure off and brings another covered block.
Cast & crew
More about Modern Sculptors
Segundo de Chomón wrote and directed. The French title is Sculpteur moderne. Wikidata times it at 5 minutes. Julienne Mathieu and André Deed are the catalog players. The moving clay is stop-motion.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The first object the marble produces is the Pathé name, not a statue.
- The orangutan keeps a pipe in its mouth once the clay has set.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- The marble engraves Pathé Frères by itself, then the clay settles into a smoking orangutan.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Sculpteur moderne)
