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César

César

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About

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César was a French sculptor and leading member of the 20th-century art movement Nouveau Réalisme. He experimented with scale and material, compressing and compacting metal or pieces of automobiles into compact sculptures, or producing large foam sculptures of miniature creatures, insects, and animals. He experimented with the commercial aesthetic of common objects and materials, producing a synthesis of John Chamberlain’s aesthetic with Pop Art’s obsession with the culture of commodity. In addition to mining everyday objects for artistic value, his works question the implications of mass production.

Source: Sothebys · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (20)

Montaña Roja–Funeral

1998 · inkjet print

Image: 20.5 x 30.5 cm (8 1/16 x 12 in.); Paper: 28.5 x 36.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

New York Landscape

1996 · aquatint and etching

Image and Plate: 61.6 x 90.8 cm (24 1/4 x 35 3/4 in.); Sheet: 78.7 x 106.4 cm (31 x 41 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1956 · Ink and abrasion on paper

30 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (76.5 × 56.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Ruthsspiecher Tanks]

1928 · Gelatin silver print

19.3 x 16.6 cm (7 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.) Frame: 17 x 14 in.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

James MacNeill Whistler

James MacNeill Whistler

1903 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Parisienne

1898 · Color lithograph

Sheet: 32.2 x 23.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.); Image: 32.2 x 23.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 40 x 30.5 cm (15 3/4 x 12 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

James MacNeill Whistler

James MacNeill Whistler

1897 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of James McNeill Whistler

Portrait of James McNeill Whistler

1897 · Drypoint in black on pale blue laid paper

Plate: 34.5 × 26 cm (13 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 50 × 35 cm (19 11/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Half-Length Portait of a Seated Woman, Smoking a Cigarette, Facing Left

Half-Length Portait of a Seated Woman, Smoking a Cigarette, Facing Left

1895 · Drypoint on ivory laid paper

Plate: 39.3 × 29.4 cm (15 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 53.9 × 40.9 cm (21 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Seated Leaning Forward, Chin Cupped in Left Hand

Woman Seated Leaning Forward, Chin Cupped in Left Hand

1895 · Drypoint in black and brown on cream laid paper

Plate: 38.3 × 28.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.); Sheet: 53.5 × 41.1 cm (21 1/8 × 16 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Hat (Madame Letellier)

Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Hat (Madame Letellier)

1894 · Drypoint on cream laid paper

Plate: 37.8 × 24.7 cm (14 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55 × 35.7 cm (21 11/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu

1892 · Red chalk and black chalk, with incising, heightened with white pastel and white pastel mixed with red chalk, on cream wove Japanese paper

32.6 × 30.6 cm (12 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young woman holding libation cup

Young woman holding libation cup

1891 · Painted terracotta; study for a work in pâte-de-verre

Overall: 12 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (31.8 × 19.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman (Possibly Madame Alice Hellu) Looking at a Drawing

Woman (Possibly Madame Alice Hellu) Looking at a Drawing

1890 · black, red, and white chalk

Sheet: 63.2 x 44.6 cm (24 7/8 x 17 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kop van een peinzende dame met het hoofd op de hand gesteund

Kop van een peinzende dame met het hoofd op de hand gesteund

1886 · paper, pencil

height: 202 cm, width: 310 cm

Circular Plaque

Circular Plaque

1880 · Tin-glazed earthenware, polychrome enamels, and gilding

58.5 × 61 × 8.3 cm (23 × 24 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

1880 · drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Moeder met kind op schoot

Moeder met kind op schoot

1869 · pastel (crayon), cardboard

height: 614 cm, width: 415 cm

Vrouw voorover liggend op rustbank

Vrouw voorover liggend op rustbank

1849 · cardboard, chalk, pastel (crayon)

width: 415 cm, height: 614 cm

Beek door het bos

Beek door het bos

1833 · etching on paper

width: 245 cm, height: 323 cm

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Artwork sources (5)

20 published of 26 catalogued · 16 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
Rijksmuseum
4 published4 img
The Met
3 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 6 catalogued, not yet published

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8 entries · 1 sources

Kop van een peinzende dame met het hoofd op de hand gesteund
1886 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Beek door het bos
1833 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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New York Landscape
1996 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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James MacNeill Whistler
1897 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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James MacNeill Whistler
1903 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Woman (Possibly Madame Alice Hellu) Looking at a Drawing
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Head of a Woman
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Montaña Roja–Funeral
1998 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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