The statue remained intact in Paris pending sufficient progress on the pedestal; by January 1885, this had occurred and the statue was disassembled and crated for its ocean voyage.
Dokončani kip je bil formalno predstavljen veleposlaniku Mortonu na proslavi v Parizu 4. julija 1884, na kateri je de Lesseps oznanil, da je francoska vlada sklenila dogovor o plačilu prevoza kipa v New York.