TreeAlive
‹ Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques, France

Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France

Propriété de Calder

Saché, Indre-et-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Atelier et son esplanade pavée dite le quai, maison et parcelle (cad. ZA 73) : inscription par arrêté du 10 novembre 1994
Protection dates
1994/11/10 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
maison
Main period of construction
3e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1962, 1969
Architect or builder
Drouin Jean-Claude (architecte), Davidson Jean (architecte)
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saché
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.26125, 0.53683
Mérimée reference
PA00132564

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Get directions ↗

This record on the Ministère de la Culture's POP platform ↗

The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le sculpteur d'origine new-yorkaise Alexandre Calder (1898-1976) s'est installé dans le village de Saché en 1953. En 1962, en collaboration avec son gendre Jean Davidson, il a fait édifier à l'écart du village un atelier de plan rectangulaire de 300 mètres carrés, éclairé par de grandes verrières et des portes-fenêtres à arcs en plein-cintre. Devant l'atelier, un quai sert à l'exposition de ses stabiles, pour juger de leur effet dans l'espace. En 1969, en collaboration avec l'architecte tourangeau Jean-Claude Drouin, Calder a fait construire sa maison, à proximité de l'atelier. Les oeuvres de Calder sont aujourd'hui dispersées, mais l'atelier est utilisé comme centre d'accueil international pour des artistes, sous l'égide de la Direction régionale des affaires culturelles et le Centre national des Arts plastiques.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

The sculptor of New York origin Alexandre Calder (1898-1976) settled in the village of Saché in 1953. In 1962, in collaboration with his son-in-law Jean Davidson, he had built at a distance from the village a rectangular workshop of 300 square metres, lit by large glazed panels and French doors with round arches. Before the workshop, a quay serves for the exhibition of his stabiles, to judge their effect in space. In 1969, in collaboration with Tourangeau architect Jean-Claude Drouin, Calder had his house built, close to the workshop. Calder's works are today dispersed, but the workshop is used as an international welcome centre for artists, under the aegis of the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs and the National Centre for Plastic Arts.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
See your own family's places on a living map