César, 1921-1998

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Description

César
LE PIED
signed, stamped with the foundry mark Valsuani, Cire Perdue and numbered 5/6
bronze
height 44cm.; 17¼in.
Conceived in 1963, this work is from an edition of 6 examples plus 1 HC, cast in 1964.

Provenance

Hanover Gallery, London

Exhibited

London, Hanover Gallery, Contrasts, 26th July-26th August 1967, no. 13, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue

Literature

Denyse Durand-Ruel, César: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, 1994, p. 392, no. 518, illustration of the original iron cast

Catalogue Note

The original iron sculpture of this work was made by César for his friend Roger Vivier, esteemed shoemaker at Christian Dior, and was exhibited outside his shop in the Rue François Premier in Paris.