"Cesar Compression Of Garden Chairs Unique Proof In Metal Signed N°Of Durand Ruel Archives"
César BALDACCINI known as CESAR ( 1921 / 1998 )
Compression of garden chairs.
Unique signed metal proof.
Altobianchi Collection
Height: 60 cm
Width: 42 cm 
Depth: 18 cm
Work listed in 1990 in the Archives of Mrs. Denyse Durand Ruel under the number 7192.
This compression was carried out on the occasion of the exhibition - event "States of Seats" 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 headquarters as the theme of the very first of a series of artistic events that will take place in the Antiques - Decoration Space "César de Peluet" that they created at l'escarene.
Seduced by their idea, many contemporary artists, and among them, Altman, Arman, César, Boisgontier, Charvolen, Eppelé, Li-Mir, Nivèse, Serge III, Sosno, Villers, decided to play the game and mix their works, pre-existing or made especially for the occasion, with old and modern seats, decorative or functional, gathered by Gerard and Françoise Altobianchi.
Gérard and Françoise Altobianchi, have found in the organization of a very punctual event around the theme of the headquarters, a natural extension to the profession which is also their passion.
It is not a question for them to carry out a retrospective of the headquarters, but simply to gather around a certain number of works by 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 in the furniture the most "stable" element: a seat, three or four legs, determine its shape in an absolute way, glued 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 has not only a functional purpose: research of forms by the designer, materialized by the cabinetmaker, reworked by the sculptor, the painter, the upholsterer, all conditioned by fashion, the air of the time…
Finally, here is the final stage, the artist's intellectual reflection on the seat: it loses its function to become an object, a surface to look at, a work of art."
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