The French artist César was a founder member in 1960 of the Estimate . César (born Cesare Baldaccini; 1 January 1921 – 6 December 1998), also occasionally referred to as César Baldaccini, was a noted French sculptor.

In that year, on a visit to a scrap merchant in search of metal, he saw a hydraulic crushing machine in operation, and decided to experiment with it in his sculpture. César Baldaccini was born in Marseilles, France, in 1921 of Italian parents.

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César Baldaccini - 70s Daum Pate de Cristal Glass Argos Brutalist Sculpture Crystal Art Vase France. May 24, 2012 - May 25, 2012. The massive stacks of scrap metal made his small-scale, welded sculptures seem insignificant by comparison. Auction Venue/Sale Sale Date. Provenance . CESAR, César Baldaccini dit (1921-1998) Compression Sculpture en coulée tranchée de polystirène choc basse pression. He was a French sculptor, born in 1921 of Italian parents from His early work used soldered and welded metal as well as junk materials, and by 1960 César was considered one of France's leading sculptors. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseilles, from 1935-39 and then enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He astonished his followers by showing three crushed cars at a Paris exhibition. For general enquiries regarding your visit or gallery services:

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Before joining the group, César had already begun making sculptures from car bodies compressed into dense packages. At 15 years old, he studied at the Art college of Marseille. It was for these 'Compressions' that César became renowned. Después de su muerte hubo una amplia disputa sobre su testamento entre su viuda e hija, por un lado, y Stéphanie Busuttil, su compañera al tiempo de su muerte, por otro. From PIASA, César Baldaccini, Compression de cristal, Cristal compression, 41 × 19 × 20 cm César Baldaccini - Compression .

From PIASA, César Baldaccini, Compression murale (1976), Compression of rusty wires on panel, 50 × 41 × 7.5 cm Artwork page for ‘Three Compressions’, César (César Baldaccini), 1968 The French artist César was a founder member in 1960 of the Nouveaux Réalistes group.

In this way he could control the surface pattern and colour scheme of the piece. A 'Renault' nameplate can be seen on this sculpture.César was born in Marseille, where he studied art before going on to study in Paris from 1943 to 1948. You will be able to seamlessly ‘Favourite’ images and download large images for personal use. Comenzó a hacer esculturas soldando restos de metal en 1952. Their aim was to engage directly with reality, transforming their material but fully retaining its identity. His early work used soldered and welded metal as well as junk materials, and by 1960 César was considered one of France's leading sculptors. Falleció en París en diciembre de 1998. H : 33,3 cm x L : 21,8 cm x P: 18,8 cm

Huang Yulong - "Be Real" Bronze Sculpture 14" x … In this way he could control the surface pattern and colour scheme of the piece. Large size: 90 x 63 cm. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil. After his studies at the Marseille academy from 1935 to 1939 and at the Paris academy from 1943 to 1947, César met Picasso and Germaine Richier in Paris, and lived in the same house as Alberto Giacometti, all of whom influenced his early artwork greatly. The massive stacks of scrap metal made his small-scale, welded sculptures seem insignificant by comparison. Nació de padre italianos de clase trabajadora en el barrio de la Belle-de-Mai, en Marsella. César, whose full name was César Baldaccini, was born in Marseille in 1921.

César Baldaccini - César - Unique Gold Compression Jewelry. 60 x 45 x 8,5cm. In 1965, he started to work with plastics, first with plastic moulds of human imprints, then from 1966 by pouring expanded In 1995, he was asked to paint a McLaren F1 GTR that participated in the famous He died in Paris in December 1998. Subscribers only. Motor vehicle wheel hubs, 24 1/2 x 67 x 24 1/2 (62 x 170 x 62), in three blocks, 16 3/4 x 23 x 8 (42.5 x 58.5 x 20.5), 24 1/2 x 17 x 10 1/2 (62 x 43 x 26.5) (central block), and 10 1/4 x 16 x 24 1/2 (26 x 40.5 x 62)César's first compressions were made in a factory at Gennevilliers on the outskirts of Paris in April 1960 in a large new American machine for crushing cars, and were first exhibited at the César visited London in March 1968 to give a demonstration, sponsored by the Friends of the Tate Gallery, of expanding Although each of the three six-sided blocks composing this work could be placed in twenty-four different positions in rectilinear relation to the spectator (thus offering innumerable permutations in which the three could be arranged together), César emphasises that the sculpture is his work only when they are arranged in the particular relation photographed at the George Cohen 600 Group immediately after he selected and arranged them, and subsequently confirmed by him on the basis of the Gallery's official , Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.102-3, reproduced p.102Chessboard, Large Version (Original Painted Plaster) From PIASA, César Baldaccini, Compression murale (1976), Compression of rusty wires on panel, 50 × 41 × 7.5 cm This is one of César's 'Compression' sculptures, the first of which was made in 1960. Pièce unique, signée César . Más tarde, ese mismo año, se unió a los