Institut dentaire George-Eastman, Dental health center and historic monument in 13th arrondissement, France

The Institut dentaire George-Eastman is a building with red brick walls decorated with monumental sculptures and medallions. The complex combines medical functionality with artistic design and continues to house dental treatment facilities.

The Fondation George-Eastman was planned from 1934 and built on the site of the former Ivry gasworks, which was demolished in 1933 to create the Parc de Choisy. Its first stone was laid on 29 July 1935, and it opened on 21 October 1937. Requisitioned on 8 September 1940 as a Wehrmacht dental clinic, it later served as a repression centre during the Liberation, holding over two hundred people between 20 August and 15 September 1944.

Carlo Sarrabezolles made seven medallions for the institute: five bronze ones inside, depicting the child in vital activities — sleep, meals, play, study and music — and two outside. The street fronting the building was opened in 1937 and only took the name George-Eastman in 1947.

The institute is located near Parc de Choisy and is easily accessible by public transport. Visitors should note that it is a functioning medical facility, so access to certain areas may be limited.

The building's steel frame carries a double brick wall whose horizontal joints are deepened and vertical joints narrowed, giving the facade a striped texture. Carlo Sarrabezolles made seven medallions for the institute: five bronze ones inside, depicting the child sleeping, eating, playing, studying and making music, and two outside.