CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - LE BUREAU - Lot 64

CHEZ COLETTE CREUZEVAULT - LE BUREAU César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998) Insecte dit Insecte Rosine [1955], 1979 Bronze proof with brown patina. Signed, numbered "4/8" and founder's stamp "A. Valsuani - Cire Perdue" on the terrace. 11 x 36 x 13 cm Provenance: Colette Creuzevault Collection Colette Creuzevault, Paris. By descent. Exhibition : César, Galerie Yoshii, Tokyo, 1982, no. 14, original iron reproduced. Bibliography: - Isabelle Sobelman, Collection Eric & Doris Beyersdorf (Portrait d'Une Collection), Paris, Éditions de La Différence, 1994, no. 62, original iron reproduced on p. 78. - Denyse Durand-Ruel, César, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, 1947-1964, Paris, Éditions de La Différence, 1994, no. 100, original iron reproduced pp. 98-99. The welded iron was made in 1955. An original bronze edition of 12 copies (8 justified copies out of 8, 3 justified copies HC and one justified EA) was produced from 1979 by the Valsuani foundry. This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under no. 2885.