César (César Baldaccini) (1921-1998)
Gilles
signed 'César' and stamped '6/8' (on the base)
bronze
28 x 25½ x 9½ in. (71.1 x 64.8 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1997. This work is number six from an edition of eight plus four artist's proofs.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
Private collection, New York
Literature
César, l'oeuvre du bronze, exh. cat., La Malmaison, Cannes, 2002, p. 88 (another cast illustrated).
Lot Essay
This work is registered in the Archives Denyse Durand-Ruel, Paris, under number 5542 and will be included in the forthcoming César Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by Denyse Durand-Ruel.
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