STATUE DE LA BÊTE DU GÉVAUDAN

Work of the sculptor Emmanuel Auricoste (1958) it remains the first and certainly the most famous representation of the famous beast For the record, in 1958, the sculptor Emmanuel Auricoste had made an iron statue that he had completed in the equipment garage in Marvejols, on the Place des Cordeliers. This work, bristling with protruding plates, was to be temporary, pending the final realization in welded bronze plates For this realization Auricoste associated with Susse, a famous founder. The two signatures are engraved on the back legs of the animal.