CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - THE SCULPTURE ROOM - Lot 47

CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - THE SCULPTURE ROOM César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998) Valentin dit Uccello ou Le Valentin di Pino [1956], 1988 Proof in patinated bronze. Signed and numbered "HC2" on the terrace. Foundry stamp "Landowski Fondeur - Cire perdue" on the edge of the terrace. 67 x 89 x 25 cm Provenance: Colette Creuzevault Colette Creuzevault Collection, Paris. By descent. Exhibitions : - XXVIII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, June 16 - October 21, 1956, the original iron exhibited. - César, La question de la Sculpture, Musée Picasso, Antibes, 1978, catalog, no. 13, original iron reproduced on p. 23. - Arman & César, Fondation Château de Jau, Perpignan, June 23 - September 15, 1979, catalog, original iron reproduced. - César, Galerie Yoshii, Tokyo, 1982, catalog, no. 9, original iron reproduced. - César, Musée Art Moderne, Parc Boverie, Liège, February 13 - March 28 1982, catalog, no. 29, original iron reproduced, p. 30. - César, Bronzes, Musée de la Poste, Paris, February 2 - March 10, 1984, catalog, no. 46, original iron reproduced. Bibliography: - Pierre Restany, César, Paris, Éditions André Sauret, 1975, no. 29, original iron reproduced on p. 50. - Pierre Restany, César, New York, Éditions H.N. Abrams, 1976, no. 29, original iron reproduced on p. 50. - Catherine Francblin, César en los lugares del Mal, 1980, Guadalimar no. 55, XII, original iron reproduced on p. 39. - Pierre Restany, César, Milan, Electa Spa, 1988, original iron reproduced on p. 42. - 14th Salon des peintres et sculpteurs du XIIe, Mairie du XIIe arrondissement, Paris, 1989, XI, original iron reproduced. - Jean-Charles Hachet, César ou les métamorphoses d'un grand art, Paris, Éditions Varia, 1989, no. 141, original iron reproduced on p. 73. - Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, Éditions de La Différence, 1994, no. 169, original iron reproduced pp. 144-145. The welded iron was made in 1956. An original bronze edition of 12 copies was begun in 1973, executed by the Valsuani foundry for the first 7 copies, before being completed by the Blanchet-Landowski foundry in 1988 for the last 5, under César's supervision and intervention at the foundry. This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under no. 225.