CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - LE BUREAU César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998) Scorpion [1955], 1970 Bronze proof with brown patina. Signed, numbered "7/8" and stamped "A. Valsuani" on the side. Valsuani" on the side. 19.5 x 18 x 12 cm Provenance: Colette Creuzevault Colette Creuzevault Collection, Paris. By descent. Exhibition : César, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, May 19 - July 10, 1970, the original iron reproduced on p. 26. Bibliography : Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, Éditions de la Différence, 1994, n°114, original iron reproduced pp. 102-103. The welded iron was made in 1955. An original bronze edition of 12 copies (8 justified copies out of 8, 2 justified copies HC and 2 justified copies EA), was initiated around 1970 and executed by the Valsuani foundry. This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under no. 217.