CÉSAR | Grand Valentin

Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
Private Collection, USA (acquired in 1987)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Geneva, Musée Rath; Grenoble, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture; Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, César Retrospective des sculptures, 1976; catalogue p.26, no.8 (other example)
Paris, Galerie Beaubourg, César Sculptures anciennes, 1980 (other example)
Paris, Grand Palais, FIAC, Galerie Beaubourg, César Sculptures 1950-1980, 1980 (other example)
Brest; Cabriès-en-Provence; Roubaix, Hôtel de Ville; César Rétrospective, 1981; catalogue ed. Galerie Beaubourg (other example)
Kruishoutem, Belgium, Fondation Veranneman, César, 1981, (other example)
Liège, Musée d'art Moderne, César, 1982; catalogue p.22, no.7-8 (other example)
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, César, 1982; catalogue p.25, no. 8 (other example)
Paris, Pavillon des Arts, César, 1983; catalogue (other example)
Jouy-en-Josas, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art contemporain, Les fers de César, 1984; catalogue p. 44 (other example)
Paris, Musée de la poste, César Bronzes, 1984 ; catalogue,no.9; (other example)
Dunkerk, Musée d'Art Contemporain, César 1955-1985, 1985; (other example)
Sète, Musée Paul Valéry, César Les Bronzes, 1991; catalogue p.28 (other example)

Douglas Cooper, César, Collection Artistes de notre temps, Amriswil, 1960 ; no.11 (other example)
Pierre Faveton, César, B.A.G.M.F no.36, III-IV, p.30-39; 1972 (other example)
Pierre Restany, César, 1975 Paris, 1976 New York; p.54 no.33 (other example)
B.Lamarche-Vadel, César..., Artistes no.6, X-XI, p.18, 1980 (other example)
Catherine Francblin, César en los del mal, Guadalimar no.55, XII, p.39, 1980 (other example)
Hachette Encyclopédie, Paris, 1981 (other example)
Jean-Louis Mons, Villetaneuse informations, IX, p.15, 1981; (other example)
La sculpture en France, ed. Arted, p.103, 1982 (other example)
Des artistes, un quartier, la Défense, Ed. EPAD, 1986 (other example)
C. Francblin, César sur les lieux du mal, p.14, 1987 (other example)
Pierre Restany, César, Paris 1988, p.122,  (other example)
Jean-Charles Hachet, César ou les métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, 1989, p.17, no.6 (other example)
Exhibition Cat. Musée de la vieille charité, Marseille, 1993, p.28 (other example)
César, Connaissance des Arts, H.S. no.42, p. 18, no. 15, 1993 (other example)
Gazette de l'hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10/VI, p.207, 1994, (other example)

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. The creases are slightly dusty and few minor scattered oxidation marks are visible on the work. This work is in good condition.
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What counts is the shape, it is or it is not and in the end, that is the difference between craft and art. César



This work is registered in the archives of Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel under number 415.