César

Hôtel de Ventes, Monte Carlo, June 19, 2021, lot 169

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Diane Venet, From Picasso to Jeff Koons: The Artist as Jeweler, Skira, Milan, 2011, p. 152 (for a later version)

Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Art to Wear: Jewellery by Post-War Painters and Sculptors, Didier, London, 2012, p. 24

Diane Venet, Bijoux d'Artistes, de Calder à Koons, la collection idéale de Diane Venet, Flammarion, Paris, 2018, p. 52-53 for similar example

Louisa Guinness, Art As Jewellery: From Calder to Kapoor, ACC Art Books, Suffolk, 2018, p. 152

In the 1970s, César experimented with ‘microsculptures’ as another aspect of his work. Among the microsculptures invented by César, we find the legendary Pouce (Thumb), as well as this ‘Le Sein’ Gold and Diamond Pendant, a reproduction of a breast.