l'Ovalie French Rugby Museum (Toulouse, France) : Outdoor sculpture installation of "flying" male figures at the Rugby Museum
- Creator:
- Lacouture, Jean, 1922-
- Published/Created:
- Port Lauragais service area, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France
opened 1987 - Date Depicted:
- 2009
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- brick
metal roofing - Notes:
- Rugby is played with an oval-shaped ball like the American football. This "oval" shape--l'Ovalie--is how many refer to the rugby heartland of southwest France. At the Port Lauragais service area (on the A61 motorway, adjacent to the Canal du Midi near Toulouse) there is the Ovalie, the national rugby museum. The museum was the brainchild of Jean Lacouture. Lacouture was de Gaulle's official biographer and a major presence in Parisian intellectual circles; he was also the long-serving rugby correspondent of Le Monde. The exhibition is a permanent multimedia celebration of the game conceived by Lacouture housed in a purpose-built edifice that "combines the distinctive shapes of a scrummage and a line-out." It was funded by a joint venture of the motorway operating company (Les Autoroutes du Sud), the French Ministry of Youth and Culture and the Midi-Pyrenees region.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- France -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- French
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-F-T-PL-A1
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); recreation and games; festivals; Rugby football buildings; exhibition buildings
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10078201
- PID:
- digcoll:1822086