Lot 145
  • 145

César

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • César
  • Brigitte
  • signé, numéroté 4/8 et porte le cachet Bocquel Fondeur
  • bronze
  • 125 x 45 x 44 cm; 49 1/4 x 17 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.
  • Conçue entre 1958 et 1964, fondue en bronze en 1980, cette oeuvre est le no. 4 d'une édition de 8 exemplaires.

Literature

Denyse Durand-Ruel, César Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, 1947-1964, no. 533, illustration du fer p. 418

Condition

Apart from some vert de gris mostly on the base and on the top of the sculpture, this work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed, numbered '4/8', stamped with the foundry mark 'Bocquel Fondeur'; bronze. Conceived between 1958-64, cast in bronze in 1980, this work is no. 4 of an edition of 8.