César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998) Les Pieds au mur dits La Poule paon [1956], 1979 Bronze proof with brown patina. Signed on the terrace - Numbered "7/8". Foundry mark "Blanchet Fondeur". 52 x 85 x 30 cm Provenance : Colette Creuzevault Collection, Paris. By descent. Exhibitions : - Burri : peintures - César : sculptures, Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, November 6 - December 8, 1956, original iron on display. - Arman & César, Fondation Château de Jau, Perpignan, June 23 - September 15, 1979, catalog, original iron reproduced. - César, Musée d'Art Moderne, Parc Boverie, Liège, February 13 - March 28 1982, catalog, no. 31, original iron reproduced on p. 37. - César, Galerie Yoshii, Tokyo, 1982, catalog, no. 13, reproduced. - César, Bronzes, Musée de la Poste, Paris, February 2 - March 10, 1984, catalog, no. 50, original iron reproduced. Bibliography: - Jean-Charles Hachet, César ou les métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, Éditions Varia, 1989, no. 154, original iron reproduced on p. 76. - Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, Éditions de La Différence, 1994, no. 152, original iron reproduced pp. 136-137. The welded iron was made in 1956. An original bronze edition of 12 (8 of 8 justified, 3 HC justified and one EA justified) was produced from 1979 by the foundry Blanchet-Landowski. Numbers 4/8, 6/8, 7/8 and 8/8 have been reworked by César, and are therefore slightly different from the other numbers in the print run. This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under no. 250.