L'ascenseur occupe la 501. Copte This publication collects - preceded

This publication collects - preceded by three chapters from a thesis in progress on Greco-Latin fable - the entire translation into Alexandrines that Henri Tournier had carried out

replicas and pastiches: techniques for producing and dating large Greek and Roman bronzes (Louvre-C2RMF study day 2013)

This is why the texts and captions of this work strive to provide a contextual identity to the objects before letting the photographs speak (unpublished photos of objects mainly from private collections

Five years later

Every early spring

L'ascenseur occupe la 501. Copte This publication collects - precededBetween 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle clandestinely explored the then disused Htel du Palais d'Orsay. She chose room 501 as her base and, without any pre established method, photographed the premises, which had been abandoned for five years. During her forays, she collected objects: room numbers, guest records, messages addressed to a certain "Oddo" Forty years later, room 501 has disappeared: an elevator has taken its place. At the invitation of