Acrylic on canvas

Signature on the back

30 x 30 x 1.6 cm.

12 x 12 x 0.6 inch.

Unique

 

The Famous French Collection

César's artistic vision was shaped by poverty. He worked with whatever was cheapest - scrap metal, junked cars, industrial waste - and compressed them into sculpture.

A few compositions and compressions later, French cinema asked him to design its own award. He gave them a golden compression. The César - younger cousin to the Oscar, nothing like it.

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He had a thing for thumbs. The best-proportioned finger, he said. Only two joints, easier to scale up. And unlike the rest of the hand, it still reads as powerful at monumental size.