Lot 161
  • 161

César

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
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Description

  • César
  • Sculpture plate
  • signé, numéroté HC 3 et porte la marque du fondeur Valsuani, Paris
  • bronze

    Conçue en fer en 1958 et exécutée en bronze en 1975, cette oeuvre est l'exemplaire hors commerce numéro 3 d'une édition de 8 plus 1 épreuve d'artiste et 3 épreuves hors commerce.
    Cette oeuvre est enregistrée sous le numéro 242 dans les archives de Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel. 
  • 63 x 38 x 15 cm; 24 13/16 x 15 x 5 15/16 in.

Provenance

Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste par le propriétaire actuel circa 1980.

Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Trois sculpteurs, César, Roël d'Haese, Tinguely, 1965; catalogue, no.7, illustré (le fer)
Liège, Musée d'Art Moderne, César, 1982; catalogue, p.36, no.30, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Tokyo, Galerie Yoshii, César; 1982; catalogue, no.17, illustré (autre exemplaire)

Literature

Jean-Charles Hachet, César ou les métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, 1989, p.31, no.35, illustré
Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Rome, 1994, p.211, no.242, illustré (le fer)

Condition

Light natural oxidation is visible on the work. This work is in excellent condition.
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