Lot 162
  • 162

César

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
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Description

  • César
  • Femme
  • signed, numbered 6/8 and inscribed with the foundry mark bocquel
  • bronze
  • 240 x 150 x 98 cm; 94 1/2 x 59 x 38 9/16 in.
  • Conceived in iron in 1963 and executed in 1991 in bronze, this work is number 6 from an edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs and 1 hors commerce.

Exhibited

Kassel, Documenta III, 1964; catalogue, no. 2, p. 216, illustrated (original iron)
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Trois Sculpteurs, César, Roël d'Haese, Tinguely, 1965; catalogue, no. 21, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, César, 1966; catalogue, no. 21, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Duisburg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, César, 1966; catalogue, no. 20, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Marseille, Musée Cantini, César Rétrospective, 1966; catalogue, no. 26, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Arles, Cloître Saint-Trophine, César, 1973; catalogue, no. 2, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Milan, Rotonda Besana, César Rétrospective, 1974; catalogue, no. 3, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Geneva, Musée Rath; Grenoble, Musée de Peinture et de la Sculpture; Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino; Rotterdam, Museum Boyams-van Beuningen; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Rétrospective des sculptures, 1976; catalogue, no. 25, p. 39, illustrated (original iron)
Antibes, Musée Picasso, César, La question de la sculpture, 1978; catalogue, no. 16, p. 26, illustrated (original iron)
Perpignan, Fondation Château de Jau, Arman & César, 1979; catalogue, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Liège, Musée Art Moderne, César, 1982; catalogue, no. 25, p. 34, illustrated (original iron)
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art,  César, 1982; catalogue, no. 26, p. 44, illustrated (original iron)
Paris, Pavillon des Arts, César, 1983
Jouy-en-Josas, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Les fers de César, 1984; catalogue, p. 69, illustrated (original iron)
Dunkerque, Musée d'Art Contemporain, César 1955-1985, 1985; catalogue, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Marseille, ARCA Centre Art Contemporain, Jardin Secret, 1986; catalogue, p. 57, illustrated (original iron)
Sète, Musée Paul-Valéry, César, Les bronzes, 1991; catalogue, p. 25, illustrated (original iron)
Marseille, Musée Vieille Charité, Rétrospective César, 1993; catalogue, p. 105, illustrated (original iron)
Monte Carlo, Festival International des Arts, Marisa del Re Gallery, César à Monte-Carlo, 1994; catalogue, n.p., illustrated (original iron)
Vence, Galerie Beaubourg, Portraits de femmes, 1994; catalogue, p. 19, illustrated (original iron)

Literature

Pierre Volboudt, César: l'Oeuvre récente, XXème siècle, 1963, no. 22p. 83, illustrated (original iron)
L'Arte Moderna no. 107, Vol XII, Milan, 1967, p. 315, illustrated (original iron)
Pierre Restany, César, Paris, 1975, no. 41, p. 59, illustrated (original iron)
Pierre Restany, César, New York, 1976, no. 41, p. 59, illustrated (original iron)
Annexions, "Alternes/1", 1980, p. 70, illustrated (original iron)
Pierre Restany, César, Paris, 1988, p. 191, illustrated (original iron)
Pierre Restany, César, Milan, 1988, no. 22, p. 35, illustrated (original iron)
Jean-Charles Hachet, César ou les métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, 1989, no. 28, p. 29, illustrated (original iron)
Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, 1994, no. 521, pp. 391, 395, illustrated in colour (original iron)

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. There are some oxidation marks, visible mainly along the lower edge, as well as some dust in the creases. The base presents some faint scratch marks. This work is in very good original condition.
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