| Title: |
Untitled Composition |
| Artist: |
Baldaccini, Cesar 'Cesar' (Marseille, 1921 - Paris,
1998) |
| Date: |
c. 1965 |
| Medium: |
Original Lithograph in Colours |
| Note: |
Cesar Baldaccini 'Cesar': If Cesar Baldaccini was
not France's most famous sculptor of the later twentieth century then he
was clearly the most infamous. His extraordinary life began in a Marseille
ghetto where he was forced to leave school and work at the age of thirteen.
Taking night classes at a local art school he quickly drew much attention
and enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Cesar moved permanently
to the French capital in 1943 and lived above the studio of the famous Italian
sculptor, Giacometti. At the studio he met such luminaries as Picasso, Cocteau
and Sartre. |
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Cesar Baldaccini's first major one man show was held at the Salon de
Mai in Paris in 1955. The entire show sold out and he was invited in 1957
to participate in the prestigious Biennale in Venice. During the following
three years the artist produced many memorable works in both sculpture and
original printmaking. Of his creations, Cesar stated, "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. It's as though something else
was asking to exist, to be whatever it wants to be." |
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In 1960, however, Cesar Baldaccini completely shocked the international
art world. At the now famous 1960 Salon de Mai exhibition he presented Parisians
with three solid blocks of compressed cars. Inspired by a film about car
dumps and wreckers, the artist had actually taken over an old French factory
with a giant press in which to compress cars and other heavy metals. He
wrote, "Although I had received a classical academic training, my vision
changed through my work with scrap iron. I entered the factory world and
learned to approach recuperated materials in their own language." |
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Cesar Baldaccini's original lithographs from this period explore similar
concerns. For instance, in this example, the artist examines a dense world
of compressed metals -- "recuperated materials" do create "their
own language". |
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After 1960, exhibitions of Cesar Baldaccini's art were held in many international
centres including, New York, London, Rome, Berlin and Paris. His art is
now listed in most major international collections. To this day he remains
one of France's most revolutionary and controversial artists. |
| Edition: |
epreuve d'artiste, 75 & 10 'artist proof' |
| Size: |
14 X 12 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding
width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
| Condition: |
Printed upon hand-made paper bearing the BFK Rives watermark
and with full deckled margins as published in Paris in the limited edition
of 75 s and 10 artists' proofs. Containing slight matte burning
on the outside edges, else a magnificent, full colour and in
excellent condition throughout. Signed by the artist with his familiar "Cesar"
and marked, "epreuve d'artiste" (artist proof) along the lower
margin. This original lithograph represents an outstanding example of the
modern art of Cesar Baldaccini. |
| Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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