Cesar BALDACCINI known as CESAR (1921-1998) - Lot 158

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Cesar BALDACCINI known as CESAR (1921-1998) - Lot 158
Cesar BALDACCINI known as CESAR (1921-1998) Compression of garden chairs Proof in metal Trace of signature Altobianchi Collection 60 x 42 x 18 cm This compression was made for the exhibition-event "Etats de Sièges" of July 20, 1990 at the Domaine La Vallada in l'Escarène. "Interior architects and antique dealers, specialized in furniture, Gérard and Françoise Altobianchi have chosen the seat as the theme of the very first of a series of artistic events which will take place in the "César de Peluet" Antiques - Decoration Space which they have created in l'Escarène. Seduced by their idea, many contemporary artists, and among them, Altman, Arman, César, Boisgontier, Charvolen, Eppelé, Li-Mir, Nivèse, Serge III, Sosno, Villers, have decided to play the game and to mix their works, pre-existing or made especially for the occasion, to the ancient and modern seats, decorative or functional, gathered by Gerard and Françoise Altobianchi. Gérard and Françoise Altobianchi, found in the organization of a very specific event around the theme of the seat, a natural extension to the profession which is also their passion. It is not a question for them of realizing a retrospective of the seat, but quite simply of gathering around a certain number of works of contemporary artists, enough old or recent pieces, always interesting, and to unite through them in an ephemeral accumulation, the past, the present, the function and the form, the craftsman and the artist. The seat is the most "stable" element in furniture: a seat, three or four legs, determine its form in an absolute way; stuck to the man in all his functions, hygiene, rest, idleness, work, it is essential. Originally, the shape of the seat is born from the function, it responds to a need. Then comes the ornamentation, the creation does not have only a functional goal: research of the forms by the draftsman, materialized by the cabinetmaker, reworked by the sculptor, the painter, the upholsterer, the whole conditioned by the fashion, the air of time... Finally here is the ultimate stage, the intellectual reflection of the artist on the seat: it loses its function to become an object, a surface to look at, a work of art."
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