"RENNENDEN GEPARDEN"
by Peter Fuchs (b. 1963)
A suite of ten bronze cheetahs
The word Gepard comes from the French word guépard, which in turn comes from the Italian word gattopardo. Gattopardo is a compound of the words gattō ("cat") and pardo ("spotted").
Cheetah I
Cheetah II
Cheetah III
Cheetah IV
Cheetah V
Cheetah VI
Cheetah VII
Cheetah VIII
Cheetah IX
Cheetah X
Zurich-based Swiss sculptor Peter Fuchs modeled the present works from live cheetahs in the Parc Zoologique du Bois de Vincennes during his stay in Paris in the early nineties.
The below postcards are from the Parc Zoologique du Bois de Vincennes which, as early as 1936 was gifted several cheetahs (Guépards in French).
"Guépard"
"Un couple de Guépard"
"Guépard"
