Pierre Mendès France, Bronze sculpture in Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France.

The bronze sculpture of Pierre Mendès France, made by Pierre Peignot, stands in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The figure is shown standing, in a suit, on a stone base. It is one of the garden's many commemorative statues, placed along the paths rather than in a separate enclosure.

The bronze was inaugurated in 1984, the year Pierre Mendès France died, honouring the former Radical prime minister who governed from June 1954 to February 1955 and signed the Geneva Accords ending the First Indochina War. Sculptor Pierre Peignot modelled the standing figure for the Jardin du Luxembourg.

The bronze figure is part of a larger collection spread throughout the garden that celebrates French figures from different fields and eras. Walking among these statues, you notice how the space honors both artists and those who shaped the nation's direction.

The sculpture can be reached via several pathways through the garden and is accessible for all types of visitors. Those using mobility aids can reach the artwork along gentle routes without steep inclines.

The statue stands near the Jardin du Luxembourg's western edge, close to the Rue Guynemer entrance, rather than in the central parterre where most visitors pass. Its low stone base lets you read the signature of Pierre Peignot at close range. Mendès France is shown in a plain suit, without the robes or allegorical props used for many Third Republic figures nearby.