CESAR

Le Sein - 1979 Collector Square Ref: 42 90 92

6,850 €

Description

Condition : Very good condition
Year : 1979
Certificate : Yes
Material : Yellow Gold
Length : 3,2 cm (1 ¼ in.)
Height : 3,5 cm (1 ⅓ in.)
Width : 1,4 (½ in.)
Weight : 20.57 gr.
Category : Artist jewellery
Signature : 'Cesar'
Comment from our specialist:

César Baldaccini dit CÉSAR (1921-1998)

Le Sein - 1979

A gold pendant of a breast, diamond set in nipple, flat back with pendant loop

Signed 'César' and numbered '71' on the reverse. Stamped 750, French eagle's head hallmark, diamond mark with GF and a rabbit head in between letters 18k gold.

Edition of 80 numbered copies + XX

Founder : Blanchet Fondeur, France

H. : 1 ⅜ in. ; L. : 1 ¼ in.; W.: ½ in.

Provenance : Private collection, France

Literature : For a similar model and for a later version :

- Diane Venet, From Picasso to Jeff Koons : The Artist as Jeweler, Skira, Milan, 2011, p.152

- Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Art to Wear : Jewellery by Post-War Painters and Sculptors, Didier, London, 2012, p.24

- Diane Venet, Bijoux d'Artistes, de Calder à Koons, la collection idéale de Diane Venet, Flammarion, Paris, 2018, p.52-53

- Louisa Guinness, Art as Jewellery : From Calder to Kapoor, ACC Art Books, Suffolk, 2018, p.152

This work is registered in the archives of Mrs Denyse Durand-Ruel under reference number 1059; an extract from the record will be provided to the buyer.

Condition : Very good overall condition. Each object is vintage and may show signs of wear.

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