LOUIS CANE | Moïse, Aaron et Pharaon (3)

i: signed and numbered 2/8painted bronze ii: signed and numbered 1/8painted bronze iii: signed and numbered 3/8painted bronze Executed in 1986, these works are part of an edition of 8.

Acquired from the artist by the present owners

Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, Les sculptures de Louis Cane, 1989
Vence, Château Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Galerie Beaubourg, Louis Cane, Sculptures évidentes, 1993-1994

Isabelle Sobelman, Louis Cane, Sculptures, Volume II, Paris, 1991, p. 47, no. 60, illustrated

This lot is composed of three bronze sculptures. Each of the works present superficial scratches and faint traces of wear in places. All other surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's technique. The works are slightly dusty. For one sculpture in particular, please not the sculpture is also composed of an additional seperate element.
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In his sculptures, Cane does the same than with his painting. He makes references and quotes in a spirit of derision, criticism, sometimes envy and admiration, but with respect and honesty in order to show the “fragmentation of contemporary culture, and its integration in a work itself fragmented.”