César Baldaccini Abstract Sculptures

"Compression de canettes", is an iconic piece by César Baldaccini (1921–1998), a leading figure of the Nouveau Réalisme movement. Known simply as César, he revolutionized sculpture b...

Mixed media, 1975 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 100 ex. Publisher : Harry N. Abrams (New York) Frame dimensions: 20 X 24 inches motorcycle dimensions: 14 X 7 inchesCo...

César, Plaque Maillard / Maillard Plate First designed in in welded iron in 1959 and made in bronze in 1971. Sculpture in polished bronze and lost wax casting. Original work signed "...

1974 Compressed wirehoods and champagne corks. Edition of 50 (each different), signed by the artist. Bob Valois Editions. Work registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under th...

1990 Compressed bottle caps. Signed lower right on one of the four sides. Series of 50 copies made for the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris. This work is listed under n ° 53...

Cesar Baldaccini (1921-1998) for Daum (French (Nancy), founded 1878), circa 1970. A multi-faceted and chiseled Brutalist Pate-de-Cristal glass "Blue Argos' decanter. Signed "Daum France" near base. Initialed "CE" on bottom. Vase modèle "Argos" en cristal moulé teinté vert Nouveau Réalisme. César (born Cesare Baldaccini, 1921 – 1998), also occasionally referred to as César Baldaccini, was a noted French sculptor. César was at the forefront of the Nouveau Réalisme movement with his radical compressions (compacted automobiles, discarded metal, or rubbish), expansions (polyurethane foam sculptures), and fantastic representations of animals and insects. He was a French sculptor, born in 1921 of Italian parents from Tuscany in the working-class neighbourhood of la Belle-de-Mai in Marseilles. His father was a cooper and bar owner. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Marseilles (1935-9) he went on to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1943-8). He began making sculptures by welding together pieces of scrap metal in 1952 and first made his reputation with solid welded sculptures of insects, various kinds of animals and nudes. His first one-man exhibition was at the Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris, 1954. His early work used soldered and welded metal as well as junk materials, and by 1960 César was considered one of France's leading sculptors. In that year, on a visit to a scrap merchant in search of metal, he saw a hydraulic crushing machine in operation, and decided to experiment with it in his sculpture. He astonished his followers by showing three crushed cars at a Paris exhibition. It was for these 'Compressions' that César became renowned. César selected particular cars for crushing, mixing elements from differently coloured vehicles. In this way he could control the surface pattern and colour scheme of the piece. Later the same year he joined the Nouveaux Réalistes (New Realists) - Arman, Yves Klein, Raysse, Jean Tinguely, Pierre Restany, Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri and others who found their inspiration in urban life. In 1965, he started to work with plastics, first with plastic moulds of human imprints, then from 1966 by pouring expanded polyurethane, which was allowed to expand and solidify. He gave up making welded-metal sculpture in 1966 and organised a series of Happenings from 1967-1970, in which he produced expansions in the presence of an audience. His later works also included sculptures made out of molten crystal. In 1995, he was asked to paint a McLaren F1...

Quelques Cornières. 1957-73 Original sculpture 6/8 ex. Fondeur Blanchet (Landowski) Paris. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. César Baldaccini (1921 – 19...

Publisher GKM. Acquired directly from the artist. Edition of 99 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Signed by the artist. César Baldaccini (1921 – 1998) is one of the great sculptors...