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Cesar (1921-1998)
Lot 265 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

Cesar (1921-1998)

Pouce

Closed12 May 2011

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USD 194,500

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Cesar (1921-1998)
Pouce
signed 'César' (on the lower back edge), and numbered '1/8' (on the lower left edge)
bronze with gold patina
55 x 30¼ x 24 in. (139.7 x 76.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Executed in 1981. This work is number one from an edition of eight plus two Artist's Proofs.

Private collection, acquired from the artist
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 1984, lot 48
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

This work is registered in the Archives Denyse Durand-Ruel, Paris, with the authorization of Stéphanie Busuttil, under number 3342 and will be included in the forthcoming César Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by Denyse Durand-Ruel.