The Pascal bronze

Memory of a currency. Monument to a disappearance .

This is a monumental work:
a bronze relief standing 3.85 meters tall,sculpted

from the iconic 500 Franc banknote.

 

Anchored at its corner, it emerges in public space
like an oblique stele — between collapse and elevation.

 

Named Le Pascal, this sculpture pays tribute
to one of the most emblematic banknotes
in the history of French currency:

the 500-franc Pascal, circulated for over 20 years,
with more than a billion notes printed.

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Its design, its longevity, its collective familiarity
made it far more than a simple tool for exchange —
a cultural symbol, an image engraved
in the memory of an entire generation.

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The Bronze Pascal etches this memory
into material and monumentality.

It does not celebrate financial value,
but the trace of a bygone world
where signs were tangible, faces recognizable,
currencies national.

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A work of substance and silence,
it questions our relationship to value,
to remembrance, and to erasure.