On 20 September, Catherine Colonna, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Olivier d’Agay, grand-nephew of Antoine de Saint Exupéry, unveiled the bronze sculpture of the Little Prince at the entrance to the garden of the Villa Albertine, the French bookshop and headquarters of the cultural services of the French Embassy in the United States, located at 972 Fifth Avenue.

The project, created by French sculptor Jean-Marc de Pas, was made possible through a collaboration between the American Society of Le Souvenir Français and the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation. As an official partner of this project, Air France transported this sculpture of the Little Prince from Paris to New York.

The steering committee for the sculpture project is made up of Thierry Chaunu, Jean-Hugues Monier and Francis Dubois, respectively President and members of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Le Souvenir Français, and Nicolas Delsalle-Mun, Managing Director of the Fondation Antoine de Saint Exupéry pour la Jeunesse. The Honorary Committee is co-chaired by Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of a biography on Antoine de Saint Exupéry, and Olivier d’Agay, grand-nephew of Antoine de Saint Exupéry and Secretary General of the Fondation Antoine de Saint Exupéry pour la Jeunesse.

Photo Credit : Argenis Apolinario

 More information on this projet : https://www.fasej.org/en/the-little-prince-a-sculpture-in-new-york/