Cadillac Sculptures

Bronze bust of the French explorer
Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac,
founder of Detroit

Bas-relief of 1927 Cadillac formal limousine

           
Salvador Dali's Rainy Cadillac statue

           
This statue/sculpture entitled Rainy Cadillac is on exhibition at the Dali Museum in Figueras, a popular
resort on Spain's Mediterranean Costa Blanca. The artist drove the 1941 Cadillac convertible sedan
regularly from his home in nearby Cadaqués to Figueras' Hotel-Restaurant Durán (Gita and I used to
stop there too, en route to our finca - small country house - in Denia, near Alicante); the Cadillac "statue"
has the top up and the windows closed; inside, it is "raining" on the driver and his two passengers;
the gal in the image at far right is my lovely sister-in-law, Mary-Blair, on a visit to Figueras with her hubby, Warren
[ check out also the "paintings" page for two oil paintings of 1941 Cadillacs by Dali ]

 
Above 4 rows: solid marble 1953 Cadillac in 1:1 scale,
by Gilbert Baladi, France

1953 Cadillac parade float

"Bent" '56 sedan sculpture
[ whose front yard is this ?... ]

1959 Cadillac "sculpture" above the garage
of the former Saunders home in Switzerland

   
Someone sent me this picture many years ago; I understand it depicts a "sculpture"
on display on an American University campus. Later I got a cutting from the LA Times
describing the work of Englewood artist, Dustin Shuler; it is called Death of an Era

 

This unique, Fiberglas model was seen for sale on e-Bay
in December 2002; it weighs circa 300lbs

1960 flat-top sedan made of intertwined wicker

   
1967 Cadillac planted in the Texas turf - start of another "ant Farm"?
[ Photos: © 2006 and courtesy Yann Saunders ]

Shop front (?) on Ventura Boulevard in California

Wood Carvings from the Ivory Coast
[ Circa 1:8 scale ]

   
1937 Cadillac V16  with unique, streamlined roadster body by Hartmann of Lausanne, Switzerland
This is one of only three scale replicas hand carved from an exotic African wood by craftsmen in Yamassoukro,
Ivory Coast;  photos of the original car from the author's private collection served as a guide for the skilled artisans;

Above two rows: "during" and "after" shots of my Black Pryncess, a 1942 Fleetwood Series 75, style #7519-F
limousine for 5-pass (in the foreground, 1:43 scale toy gives the proper measure of the wood sculpture)

       
1952 Cadillac sedan, sculpted from solid billets of iroko and ebony woods by local artisans in
West Africa's Ivory Coast [ these "African sculptures" of Cadillacs and other models have a special page ]

African artisan at work on
a sculpture of  a 1960 flat-top sedan

Hard Rock Cafes
and the like...

This '54 coupe graces the rooftop
of a diner in Kingston, PA

      
This hotel in Miami Beach features a snack-bar with fancy booths like this one

This "slant cut" rear ensemble from a '59 Cadillac
soon will grace the wall of a "Hard Rock Cafe"

"The Cadillac Lounge"
[ Photo: © 2008, and courtesy Tim Pawl, CLC ]

   
Full sized side off a 1969 De Ville coupe
[ Photos :  Internet, 2004 ]

Click here for more photos like these
from enthusiast Allan Levinson of Australia

The Largest Cadillac
"Sculpture" in the World
[ where else but in Texas ]

   
The largest known Cadillac "sculpture" in the world
was commissioned by Texan millionaire, Stanley Marsh III
from  "The Ant Farm", a group of Californian artists

On a slightly smaller scale but equally as impressive
" Carhenge "

       
Monoliths erected to the glory of consumerism? The idea was to replicate Stonehenge, in Engalnd, using thirty-eight
derelict cars in lieu of stone monoliths; the "monument" is the work of auto buff  Jim Reinders and was erected
as a memorial to his late father who used to live on the site; it was completed in 1987

Nature's Way of Finishing
the Sculptures of Modern Man

Pre-WW2

   
Sadly neglected '35 Cadillac (left) and '39 LaSalle ambulance (right)

1954

1955

1956

   

 

1957

   

 

1959

 

1960

So few were built; it's so sad to see one finish like this!
[ 1960 Eldorado Seville - like Gita's and my wedding car ]

      

Sad ending for a '67-68 Eldorado

 

[to add photo of  '59 fins by Robert Black,CML]

 

Finally...
Some "Accidental" Sculptures

     
I took these photos of a 1959 Cadillac 6-window Sedan de Ville in France, in July 1961.
Sadly, six people lost their lives in this wreck when the car skidded out of control on
France's treacherous 3-lane "N7" road near Valence, wrapping itself around a tree
[ Photos: © 1961, Yann Saunders ] 

I hate to think of the fate of the
occupants of these cars