CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - THE SCULPTURE ROOM - Lot 44

CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - THE SCULPTURE ROOM César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998) Quelques cornières dites Plaque Chevalier [1957], 1973 Bronze proof with golden patina. Signed, dated and numbered "1/8" on the terrace. Foundry mark "Blanchet. Fondeur. Paris" on the edge of the terrace. 42 x 32 x 14 cm Provenance: Colette Creuzevault Collection, Paris. By descent. Exhibitions : - Sculpture d'aujourd'hui, Galerie Creuze, Paris, January 19 - February 19, 1963, original iron on display. - César, Galerie Yoshii, Tokyo, 1982, no. 16, original iron on display. Bibliography: - Édouard Jaguer, Poétique de la sculpture, Cahiers du Musée de Poche, Paris, Éditions Georges Fall, 1960, original iron reproduced. - Jean-Charles Hachet, César ou les métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, Éditions Varia, 1989, no. 34, original iron reproduced on p. 30. - Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, Éditions de La Différence, 1994, no. 202, original iron reproduced pp. 176-177. The welded iron was produced in 1957. 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 1973 by the foundryman Blanchet-Landowski. This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under no. 237.