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238 - César Baldaccini, known as CESAR (1921–1998)
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César Baldaccini, known as CESAR (1921–1998) Ginette Patinated bronze cast, signed, with the foundry’s mark ‘bocquel’ , numbered 2/8 Height: 130 cm, Diameter: 72 cm Provenance: - AD ART, Montpellier - Acquired from the previous owner in 2000 A certificate by Denyse Durand-Ruel, archive no. 374, will be provided to the purchaser Model designed in 1958, in welded iron. Produced in bronze from 1965 onwards in four different sizes. Our example is part of the 130 cm bronze edition begun in 1980. A run of 8 copies, plus 2 artist’s proofs and 2 non-commercial proofs. Bibliography: Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné Volume I, 1947 to 1964, La Différence, 1994; the welded iron piece is described and reproduced under no. 212 The 1958 ‘Ginette’ model, in welded iron or bronze, is significant in César’s oeuvre as it originally belonged to the ‘welded iron’ cycle, just prior to his ‘Compressions’ period. Using arc welding, César fashioned a highly organic female form with accentuated volumes from scrap metal. Bibliography and related exhibitions for this model, original welded iron or other bronze examples: Exhibitions of ‘Ginette’ Paris, Galerie Beaubourg, César: Early Sculptures, 1980 (another example) Paris, Grand Palais, FIAC, César: Sculptures 1950–1980, 1980, (another example) Brest, César Retrospective, 1981 (another example) Cabriès-en-Provence, César Retrospective, 1981 (another copy) Roubaix, Town Hall, César Retrospective, 1981 (another copy) Kruishoutem, Veranneman Foundation, César, 1981 (another copy) Liège, Museum of Modern Art, Parc Boverie, 1982; catalogue, p. 31, no. 13 (another copy) Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, César Tokyo, 1982; catalogue, p. 32, no. 14, illustrated (another copy) Paris, Pavillon des Arts, César, 1983 (another copy) Paris, Musée de la Poste, César, 1984; catalogue, no. 7 (another copy) Dunkirk, Museum of Contemporary Art, César 1955–1985, 1985 (another copy) Geneva, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, César, Sculptures from 1955 to 1986, 1986; catalogue, p. 11, no. 3, illustrated (another copy) Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Office for Culture, César, 1987; catalogue, p. 27 (another copy) Paris, Musée de l’Assistance Publique, De l’Art, 1987 (another copy) Paris, MNAM Centre G. Pompidou, The 1950s, 1988; catalogue, p. 242 (another copy) Paris, Artcurial, ‘Corps-figures’, 1989 (another copy) Sète, Musée Paul Valéry, ‘César les Bronzes’, 1991; catalogue, p. 32 (another copy) Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, ‘César’, 1993; catalogue, p. 75, illustrated (another copy) Vence, Château Notre Dame des Fleurs, ‘Inauguration’, 1993 (another copy) Monte Carlo, International Arts Festival, Marisa del Re Gallery, César in Monte Carlo, 1994 (another copy) Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, César Retrospective, 1997; catalogue, p. 59, illustrated (another copy) Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, César, l’Instinct du fer, 2002; catalogue, pp. 70–71, illustrated (another copy) Bibliography Lamarche-Vadel, César, *Artistes* no. 6, X–XI, 1980, p. 19 (another copy) J. Lassaigne, César, 1980 no. 11 (another copy) Jean Louis Mons, *Villetaneuse informations*, IX, 1982, p. 22 (another copy) Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Ponchettes, Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Musée de Nice, 1982, p. 123 (another copy) Pierre Restany, César, 1988, p. 21, no. 9 (another copy) Pierre Restany, César, Paris, 1988, p. 64, illustrated in colour (another copy) Exhibition catalogue: 14th Salon of Painters and Sculptors of the 12th Arrondissement, Town Hall of the 12th Arrondissement, Paris XI, 1989 (another copy) Jean-Charles Hachet, César or the Metamorphoses of a Great Art, Paris, 1989, p. 34 no. 41, illustrated (another copy) Exhibition catalogue, Artcurial, Paris, 1989, p. 130 (another copy) C. Lenfant, ‘The Rush for Art’, *Investir Magazine*, Paris, 1990, p. 34, illustrated (another copy) Denyse Durand-Ruel, *César – Catalogue Raisonné – Volume I 1947–1964*, Paris, 1993, pp. 191–193, no. 212, illustrated (another copy) Connaissance des Arts, Special Issue, César, no. 42, p. 21, no. 19, (another copy) Georges Tarabaud, Rendre à César, 19/VIII, 1993, p. 23 Please contact the firm for condition reports.
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