Une Place au Soleil (1960)
Une Place au Soleil (1960)
Une Place au Soleil (1960)
SCULPTURES
Title
Une Place au Soleil (1960)
Object Name
Sculpture
Maker
César b.1921 (Primary maker)
César 1921-98 (artist)
César 1921-98 (artist)
Date Made
1960
1960
1960
Description
The French sculptor Cesar Baldaccini, who was born in Marseilles, is known simply as 'Cesar.' He is, perhaps, best known for his 'compressions,' of the mid-1950s, made by densely compressing car bodies. In its use of scrap metals this piece is characteristic of Cesar's work of the early 1960s when he utilized materials which would formerly have been considered beneath the dignity of art.
Materials
iron, welded
Catalogue Number
BELUM.U969
Copyright
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2017.