César

Collection particulière, Paris
Vente: Tajan, Paris, 25 mai 2005, lot 49
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, César, 1997; catalogue, p.147, illustré

The poster compression at the centre of the right edge has lifted from the other posters. There is a small paper loss preventing to read the correct date below the signature. The other losses and paper lifting may be inherent to the artist's technique.
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signed and dated; compressed posters laid down on board. Executed in 1976.

César a su nous faire voir bien autre chose que le processus terminal d'une opération industrielle : il nous a ouvert les yeux sur un vaste secteur de la nature moderne qu'il a exhumé des zones les plus neutres de notre inertie perceptive (...) Nous sommes redevables à César de cet élargissement de notre univers visuel.
(Pierre Restany, César, Paris, 1988, p.72)