The Passer Through Walls
 Le Passe-Muraille by Fif’
The Passer Through Walls, or “Le Passe-Muraille” is an eclectic sculpture based on a literary work by Marcel Aymé. The statue is a man with half of his body stuck in the wall with his head sticking out and an arm outstretched for someone to help pull him out. Many have tried and failed, but it’s always worth a tug on his waiting hand.
The sculpture is based on a short story written in 1943 by Marcel Aymé that tells of a man who discovers that he can walk through walls. He visits the doctor, who prescribes medicine and tells the man to exercise. The man refuses both and eventually starts committing crimes with his newfound talent. Soon, he falls in love with a married woman whose husband goes out every night and locks her up in her bedroom. The man who can walk through walls visits her in her room each night, spending the night with her and leaving in the morning. One night, he has a terrible headache and takes some pills before leaving the woman’s room. But the pills he takes are not for headaches; they are those prescribed by the doctor. Before he can stop it, the pills take effect and he is stuck halfway in the outer wall of the woman’s property. He remains there to this day. |
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