CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - THE SCULPTURE ROOM - Lot 49

CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - THE SCULPTURE ROOM César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998) Winged Insect [1958], 1993 Red-brown patina bronze proof. Signed, numbered "HC3" and stamped "Landowski Fondeur - Cire Perdue" on the side. 17 x 31 x 7.5 cm Provenance: Colette Creuzevault Colette Creuzevault Collection, Paris. By descent. Exhibitions : - César, Fers 1950-1960 Bronzes, Galerie Henri Creuzevault, Paris, November 3 - December 22, 1971, catalog, one bronze example reproduced on the third page under the title Petite Aile. - César, Galerie Yoshii, Tokyo, 1982, catalog, no. 6, original iron reproduced. Bibliography: - Pierre Restany, César, Paris, Éditions André Sauret, 1975, no. 31, original iron reproduced on p. 52. - Pierre Restany, César, New York, Éditions H.N. Abrams, 1976, no. 31, original iron reproduced on p. 52. - Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I 1947-1964, Paris, Éditions de la Différence, 1994, no. 225, original iron reproduced pp. 200-201 (with incorrect photo number). The welded iron was produced in 1958. An original bronze edition of 12 copies (8 justified copies out of 8, 3 justified copies HC and 1 justified EA) was initiated in 1969 and executed by the Valsuani foundry for the first 8 copies, before being completed by the Blanchet-Landowski foundry from 1993 for the last 4. This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under no. 274.