CÉSAR (1921-1998) CÉSAR BALDACCINI DIT Pierre Restany, César-Centaure. Hommage à Picasso, Paris, 1985 In folio, in dust jacket, with cover illustrated with a color drypoint depicting a centaur, signed and dedicated (dedication partially erased) and numbered 86/99 in pencil, another drypoint (same plate) signed and numbered signed and numbered 26/99, in pencil, and 8 leaves with illustrations depicting a centaur, signed by the artist in pencil, in a plexiglass box, total edition total 180 copies, one of 99 on vellum. Boards: 40.5 x 56.5 cm Box: 43.5 x 61.5 cm

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