CESAR César Baldaccini, dit (Marseille 1921-Paris... Lot n° 33

LE GOBI-1957-1991 Welded bronze Signed and numbered 1/8 Fondeur: Romain BARELIER H. 30 cm, L. 32 cm, P. 20 cm Archives Durand-Ruel n°4531 10000-"...In its first ten years of activity, César developed a homogeneous production on the animal theme. Even arbitrary, his works testify to the persistent excitement in him of images related to the zoological order. However, I do not believe that we can talk about figurative will on this subject. On the contrary, I think that Caesar let himself be guided by the materials he had in his hands, and that, having let himself be led, without intention or calculation, by the play of an open manipulation on a multiplicity of possibilities, he "fell" (neither quite by chance, nor quite by necessity) on forms that he retained because they had the double advantage of symbolizing his experience and taking a universal meaning...". Excerpt from a text by Catherine FRANCBLIN, L'aventure zoologique, Editions Fondation Cartier, 1984