Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Hat (Madame Letellier)

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.

Marseille, France