Pouce (Thumb) (1965-68)

César Baldaccini

bronze

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

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Classification:

Sculpture

Materials:

Bronze

Physical Object Description:

Bronze cast of thumb. Bronze, 1965-68. Inscription: Signed Cesar, numbered 6/10 and stamped A. Valsuani cire perdue (foundry mark)

Dimensions:

8 x 3.7 x 4.2 cm

Accession Number:

GMA5188

Credit:

Donated by Eric and Jean Cass through the Contemporary Art Society, 2012

Scheme:

Eric and Jean Cass Gift (2010 - 2012)

Ownership history:

Purchased from The Chester Beatty Collection at auction Sotheby's London : Post-War and Contemporary Art , 17 October 1991 (lot 14) by Eric and Jean Cass; by whom gifted to the Contemporary Art Society, 2012; presented to Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (National Galleries Scotland), 6 August 2012

Relationship:

Sotheby's, New York, London, Amsterdam (Alfred) Chester Beatty Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh Eric and Jean Cass Eric Victor Cass

Subject:

Body part, Hand

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