(Marseille, 1921 - Paris, 1998)
Autoportrait aux Lunettes, 1984
Original bronze
with nuanced green brown patina casting
from Venturi Arte, Bologna
Carrying the mark of the founder
on the terrace on the left
Signed on the front terrace
Cesar
Numbered on the terrace on the left
4/8
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 17.6 cm
Depth: 17.6 cm
Sculpture executed in 1984 Edition limited to 8 casts + 2 E.A
Listed in the César Archives of Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel under n ° 3120
Exhibitions:
- Cesar. Oeuvres 1947 to 1993, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Museums of Marseille, Marseille, from July 10 to September 12, 1993, the model in assembly and plaster presented
- César, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, from June 10 to October 19, 1997, the model in assembly and plaster presented
Literature:
- César by Pierre Restany, éditions de la Différence, Paris, 1988, the model in assembly and plaster reproduced on p. 305 and a bronze copy of the same model reproduced on p. 304
- Cesar. Oeuvres 1947 to 1993, by Bernard Blistène and Véronique Legrand, catalogue of the exhibition at the Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, RMN and Musées de Marseille editions, Paris, 1997, the model in assembly and plaster reproduced on p . 154
- César by Daniel Abadie, catalogue of the exhibition at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Jeu de Paume editions, RMN and Gallimard, Paris, 1997, the model in assembly and plaster reproduced on p. 143
- Will be referenced in the Catalogue Raisonné of César's work in preparation by Mrs. Denyse Durand-Ruel
Cesar - Autoportrait aux Lunettes (left profile), 1984
"It is my hands that make my head work" Cesar
From the end of the sixties, César made self-portraits but it was in the eighties that this classic theme inspired a lot the artist both in drawing and in sculpture, to lead to his masterpiece of 1985 Le Centaure
Le Centaure de César :
Monumental sculpture by César designed between 1983 and 1985 and installed in Paris in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés, place Michel-Debré, in the 6th arrondissement of the capital. It is a bronze of almost 5 m. high. The head of the sculpture is the self-portrait of Cesar and the visor mask on the forehead represents the face of Pablo Picasso, master and friend of the sculptor. A powerful work, with an imposing presence, the Centaure is made up of an assemblage of massages, everyday objects cast in bronze and metal plates.