CÉSAR (1921-1998)
Sein, 1966/1967
Moulded and pink lacquered polyurethane resin print, mounted on a cut-out aluminium base, signed, dated 1967 and justified 4/4 on the back
H. 90 cm - W. 76 cm - D. 32 cm
Surface cracks on the lacquer
This work is registered in the archives of Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel under n°619
A certificate of registration can be obtained by the buyer, at his expense, from Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel
Exhibition :
César, Anthology by Jean Nouvel, Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain from 8 July to 26 October 2008, our copy presented
Bibliography :
Collective under the direction of Jean Nouvel, César, Anthologie par Jean Nouvel, Catalogue of the exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain from 8 July to 26 October 2008, Paris, Éditions Xavier Barral, 2008, our copy reproduced p.65.
Collective under the direction of Bernard Blistène, César. La rétrospective. Catalogue of the Centre Pompidou exhibition from 13 December 2017 to 26 March 2018. Paris, Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2018, a similar copy reproduced p.136.
Along with Le Pouce, created in 1965, Le Sein is the most emblematic of the sculptor's works in the human footprint suite. Its genesis is astonishing: César proposed to Hélène Rochas of the eponymous perfumes, to place a stainless steel breast five metres in diameter in the basin of his Poissy factory. The breast of Victoria von Krupp, a dancer at the Parisian cabaret Crazy Horse, was used as the matrix. As with the thumb, the artist, playing with the pantograph, will then enjoy varying the dimensions and also the materials of her breasts, to be hung on the wall or placed on the floor.
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