César (1921-1998)
Portrait de Compression
signed 'César' (lower right)
printed paper collage and pencil on board
31 5/8 x 27 5/8 x ¾in. (80.4 x 70.2 x 1.9cm.)
Executed in 1976
César (1921-1998)
Portrait de Compression
signed 'César' (lower right)
printed paper collage and pencil on board
31 5/8 x 27 5/8 x ¾in. (80.4 x 70.2 x 1.9cm.)
Executed in 1976
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1978.
"I start with an idea. That is the beginning of the adventure. I continue in that direction until I encounter a separate reality that is detached from me and exists in the material and its surrounding space...Its as though something else was asking to exist, to be whatever it wants to be."
César
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Specialist note
This work is recorded in the archives of Denyse Durand-Ruel under number 2322.
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