CÉSAR | Hommage à Léon

Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Trois sculpteurs, César, Roël d'Haese, Tinguely, 1965; catalogue no.26 (other example)
Torino, Galleria il Fante di Spade, César, 1966, catalogue no.1 (other example)
Cannes, Galerie Madoura, César 1955-1966, 1966; catalogue no.16 (other example)
Marseille, Musée Cantini, César Rétrospective, 1966, catalogue no.30 (other example)
Paris, Galerie Henri Creuzevault, César fers 1950-1960 Bronzes, 1971 (other example)
Antibes, Musée Picasso, César La question de la Sculpture, 1978, catalogue p.18, no.8 (other example)
Perpignan, Fondation Château de Jau, Arman & César, 1979, catalogue, (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; Roubaix, César Rétrospective, 1981, catalogue (other example)
Kruishoutem, Belgium, Fondation Veranneman, César, 1981, (other example)
Liège, Musée d'art Moderne, César, 1982; catalogue no.27 (other example)
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, César, 1982 (other example)
Paris, Pavillon des Arts, César, 1983; catalogue (other example)
Paris, Musée de la poste, César Bronzes, 1984 ; catalogue,no.21; (other example)
Brecey, Xème Salon de l'ACAM, (other example)
Dunkirk, Musée d'Art Contemporain, César 1955-1985, 1985; (other example)
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Marseille : ils collectionnent, 1985, cat. no.32 (other example)
Avallon, centre culturel de l'Yonne, César, 30 dernières années de son oeuvre, 1987, catalogue (other example)
Paris, Artcurial, Hommage au Président G.Pompidou, 1987, cat. p.97 (other example)
Paris, Galerie Vallois, Rodin César, 1989, cat. p.25, (other example)
Paris, Artcurial, Corps-figures, 1989, cat. p.131, (other example)
Brive, Galeries du Théâtre Municipal, Carte Blanche à la galeie Melki, aspects des années 60; 1990; catalogue, (other example)
Sète, Musée paul Valéry, César Les Bronzes, 1991, cat. p.45, (other example)
Marseille, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Rétrospective César, 1993, cat. p.106

Grégoire Müller, Der Plastiker César, no.324, II, p. 112, 1968; (other example)
J.Lassaigne, Demeures & Chateaux en France no.11 1980, (other example)
César à roubaix, Nord Eclair, 13/XII, 1981, (other example)
Jean-Louis Mons, Villetaneuse informations, IX, p.23, 1982, (other example)
Pierre Nahon, Je suis un sculpteur ancien, front page and p.89, 1984 (other example)
Pierre Restany, César, Paris 1988, p.195; Milan 1988, p.29 no.15, (other example)
Revue du Ministère de l'Economie et du Budget, 1989, p.18 (other example)
France Soir, 1989, 10/X (other example)
Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, Paris, p.25, 1990 (other example)
Populaire du centre, 26/VI, 1990, (other example)
Corrèze Magazine, VIII-IX, 1990 (other example)
L'appartement d'un amateur d'art, Votre Maison, V-VI, p.59, 1990 (other example)
Ministère des Finances, Le mur vivant no.93, p.41 1990, (other example)
GLMR, d'Architecture no.21, XII, p.44, 1991, (other example)
Galeries Magazine no.55, César, p.99, 1993 (other example)
Le Petit Journal de César, Galeries Magazine H.S. p.9, 1993 (other example)
Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947 - 1964, Rome, 1994, p.418, no. 532, illustrated

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. The creases are slightly dusty. This work is in very good condition.
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I call my compressions compressions and my expansions expansions. La Victoire de Villetaneuse, Ginette, l'Hommage à Léon, I call those sculptures.

César

This work is registered in the archives of Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel under number 370.