From top to bottom, left to right:
#1: Jean-Marc de Pas, sculptor
#2: Stéphanie de Pas, Brigitte Van den Hove-Smith, Jean-Marc de Pas, Nicolas Delsalle, General Delegate, Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation, at the Sofitel lobby
#3: Olivier d’Agay, Vice President of Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation and great-nephew of the author, interviewed by M6 French cable TV
#4 Gaëtan Bruel, Director of Villa Albertine, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States & Francis Dubois, Board Member, next to the sculpture and plaque (both draped for the unveiling), Thierry Chaunu, President of the American Society of Le Souvenir Français, Inc. & Katia Graytok
#5 Pre-inauguration: Olivier d’Agay, Le Petit Prince, Jean-Marc de Pas, S.E. Laurent Bili, Ambassador of France to the United States, Eric Caron, Sr VP & General Manager, Air France North America, Thierry Chaunu, Jean-Marc de Pas, Francis Dubois.
#6: Group photo of Great Donors: Jinus de Saint Exupéry, Elisabeth Gazay, Thierry Betbeze, CEO Dassault Falcon Jet, Gildo Pallanca Pastor, Consul General of Monaco, Gaëtan Bruel, Jean-Hugues Monier, Eric Caron, Laurent Bili, Olivier d’Agay, Thierry Chaunu, Nicolas Delsalle, Jean-Marc de Pas
#7: Group photo of Great Donors with Jérémie Robert, Consul General of France in New York, & Max de Saint Exupéry
#8: At the Salon Rose of the General Consulate of France, remarks of Laurent Bili, Olivier d’Agay
#9: remarks of Jean-Hugues Monier showing a vintage edition of a booklet Flight to Arras (Pilote de Guerre) written by Antoine de Saint Exupéry and issued to G.I.’s on their way to Europe, remarks of Thierry Chaunu thanking all those who participated in the project of the sculpture
#10: Thierry Chaunu with the Executive Committee of the sculpture
#11: Le Petit Prince reads a page from the book (the fox), Jérémie Robert
#12: American Society of Le Souvenir Français’ Board members Caroline Lareuse, Francis Dubois, Françoise Cestac, Honorary President, widow of Colonel Roger Cestac, past president of our Society, who first proposed the project in 1994, Françoise Monier, Jean-Marc de Pas celebrating with champagne.
#13: French War Veterans Jean Le Gall, Henri Dubarry (Board Member), Daniel Falgerho (Board Member & Secretary)
#14: Magali and Eleonore Goossens, Thierry Chaunu and Le Petit Prince, Olivier d’Agay, Béatrice Dupont, Francis Dubois and Françoise Perraud, General Secretary of l'Association Cercle des Amis American Field Service in France.
#15, #16, #17: Unveiling at 7:30PM of the sculpture by Mme Catherine Colonna, French Minister of Europe & Foreign Affairs, at the entrance of Villa Albertine - French Cultural Services, 972 Fifth Avenue & 79th Street
#18: Dedicatoin Plaque of Le Petit Prince (in production)
#19: The three Princes of the evening
