CÉSAR ((1921-1998)) Tribute to Eiffel - 1991 Welded bronze Signed, numbered and founder's mark on the terrace "César, bocquel 6/8". Cast by Bocquel Provenance: Patrice Trigano Collection (acquired from the foundry in 1990) Exhibitions: Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, "César, oeuvres de 1947 à 1993", July-September 1993, reproduced in color p. 159 (a similar example, Collection des Musées de Marseille, donation César) Monte-Carlo, "César à Monte-Carlo", May-September 1994, reproduced in color (unpaginated) (one similar copy) Luxembourg, Dexia Banque Internationale, "Hommage à César", October-December 2000, reproduced in color on p. 70 (one similar copy) Cannes, La Malmaison, "César, l'oeuvre de bronze", July-October 2002, reproduced in color p. 86 (one of a kind) Travelling exhibition: Cannes, parvis du Palais des Festivals, July-September 2002; Geneva, Galerie Artrium, September-December 2002 Rabat, Musée Mohammed VI d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, "César, une histoire méditerranéenne", December 2015-March 2016, reproduced in color pp. 68 and 70 (a similar copy) Bibliography: P. Restany, "César", Editions de la Différence, Paris, 1988, reproduced in black and white pp. 65 and 328 (a similar monumental copy exhibited at the Fondation Cartier in Jouy-en-Josas) B.-H. Lévy, "César, les bronzes", Editions de la Différence, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, 1991, reproduced in color p. 24 (a similar example) "César, oeuvres de 1947 à 1993", Musées de Marseille, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Marseille, 1993, reproduced in color p. 159 (a similar copy in a different size in the collection of the Musées de Marseille). "César", Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1996, reproduced in black & white and color pp. 76-77 (a similar monumental example exhibited at the Fondation Cartier in Jouy-en-Josas) "César", Museu Brasileiro da Escultura Marilisa Rathsam, Sao Paulo, 1999, reproduced in black and white on p. 212 (a similar monumental example exhibited at the Fondation Cartier in Jouy-en-Josas). "César la rétrospective", Editions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2017, reproduced in color on p. 173 (a similar example in the collection of the Musées de Marseille) This work is registered in the Archives of Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel under n°4499. Welded bronze; signed, numbered and foundry's mark on the base; Bocquel foundry Temporary import lot. The buyer will be required to pay import duties, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the lot is immediately re-exported outside the European Union. This work is in temporary import. The buyer will have to pay import fees of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the buyer immediately re-exports the lot outside the European Union. 276 x 180 x 78 cm CÉSAR ((1921-1998)) This work is registered in the Archives of Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel under no. 4499. Welded bronze; signed, numbered and foundry's mark on the base; Bocquel foundry Temporary import lot. The buyer will be required to pay import duties, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the lot is immediately re-exported outside the European Union. This work is in temporary import. The buyer will have to pay import fees of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the buyer immediately re-exports the lot outside the European Union. 276 x 180 x 78 cm