CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - L'ATELIER - Lot 1

CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - L'ATELIER César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998) L'Échassier [1959], 1970 Gilt bronze proof. Signed, justified "EA" and founder's mark "A. Valsuani - Cire Perdue" on the terrace. Mark "© by Creuzevault" on the back. 28 x 25 x 19 cm Provenance: Colette Creuzevault Colette Creuzevault Collection, Paris. By descent. Exhibitions : - César, Fers 1950-1960 Bronzes, Galerie Henri Creuzevault, Paris, November 3 - December 22, 1971, catalog, original iron on display. - Masters of Modern Sculpture, Gallery Seibu, Tokyo, 1973, catalog, no. 14, original iron on display. - L'Animal: de Lascaux à Picasso, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, June 15, 1976 - January 7, 1977, original iron on display. - César, La question de la Sculpture, Musée Picasso, Antibes, July 21 - September 30 1978, catalog, no. 9, original iron reproduced on p. 19. - César, Galerie Yoshii, Tokyo, 1982, catalog, no. 5, original iron on display. - César, Bronzes, Musée de la Poste, Paris, February 2 - March 10, 1984, catalog, no. 48, original iron on display. Bibliography: - Pierre Cabanne, Un Art Nouveau, Historia Magazine n° 193, 20ème siècle, 1971, original iron reproduced on p. 2702. - Pierre Restany, César, Paris, Éditions André Sauret, 1975, no. 7, original iron reproduced on p. 27. - Pierre Restany, César, New York, Éditions H.N. Abrams, 1976, no. 7, original iron reproduced on p. 27. - Pierre Restany, César, Paris, Éditions de la Différence, 1988, original iron reproduced on p. 141. - Gilles Néret, 30 ans d'Art Moderne, Paris, Éditions Nathan, 1991, original iron reproduced p. 221. - Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, Éditions de La Différence, 1994, no. 263, original iron reproduced pp. 231-233. The welded iron was made in 1959. An original bronze edition of 12 copies (8 justified copies out of 8, 3 justified copies HC and 1 justified copy EA) was started in 1970 by the Valsuani foundry. This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under no. 650.