Universal Postal Union monument - Bern, Switzerland
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
Universal Postal Union monument - Bern, Switzerland
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Metal Print
Description
The Universal Postal Union monument by sculpture by René de Saint-Marceaux was unveiled in 1909.
The bronze and granite sculpture standing some ten metres high and forty metres wide commemorates the founding of the Universal Postal Union's founding in 1874. The work of French sculptor Rene de Saint-Marceau, a member of the Paris Academie des Beaux-arts, was unveiled on 4 October 1909. He was chosen to execute the work following an international competition organisezed by the Swiss Government on the theme, 'Around the World'. The sculpture embodies the UPU's truly universal mission, depicting five messengers depicting the five continents, as they pass letters around the globe.
The monument's symbolic representation was gradually accepted as the UPU's distinctive emblem. The logo appeared for the first time on the cover of the UPU's flagship magazine Union Postale in 1951, and was then used on envelopes and official documents. The UPU's Executive Council adopted it as the Union's official logo in 1967
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April 7th, 2018
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