César Baldaccini
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"Le Tango" 1954 -1968
Signed César and numbered 1/9. Foundry mark Cire perdue A. Valsuani. Bronze, height 42,5 cm. The work is registered in the Archives Denyse Durand Ruel under no. 401 and in the Catalogue Raisonné under no. 60.
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Durand Ruel 60.
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César Baldaccini (1921-1998) var fransk skulptör och medlem i gruppen Nouveaux Réalistes tillsammans med bl.a Fernadez Arman, Yves Klein och Jean Tingueli. Efter utbildning vid École des Beaux-Arts in Paris och vidare studier i Marseille inledde han sin karriär i början av 1950-talet genom att svetsa samman delar av metallskrot. Skulpturerna var solida i form av insekter, olika typer av djur och nakna människokroppar. I auktionens ”Le Tango” och i skulpturen ”Le poulet dansant le tango” refererar César fortfarande till skulptur i traditionell form, om än som ett approprierat assemblage med humor som en av beståndsdelarna. När han en dag hos en skrothandlare såg en hydraulisk press fick han impulsen att utnyttja den i sin konst. I Paris presenterade han 1960 sina sammanpressade bilar och väckte stor sensation. Hans innovativa Compressions var födda och gjorde honom känd över hela världen. Arbetet med ackumulationerna sysselsatte César under hela hans liv och han fann ständigt nya material: plast, polyuretan och smält kristall. César betraktades tidigt som en av Frankrikes främsta skulptörer.
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César Baldaccini was a French sculptor. After training at numerous art schools in Marseille and Paris, the artist began his career in the beginning of the 1950s by welding together scrap metal. The sculptures were solid forms depicting insects, different types of animals and nude figures. Baldaccini discovered the possibility of incorporating a hydraulic press into his art when he one day witnessed one at work at a scrapyard. In 1960 Baldaccini became a sensation when he presented his compressed cars in Paris. He became a member of the Nouveaux Réalistes group along with artists such as Arman, Yves Klein, and Jean Tinguely. Throughout his life, César continued to work with accumulations, constantly finding new materials like plastic, polyurethane, and molten crystal. César was early on regarded as one of France's leading sculptors.
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