Artist Monograph

César (César Baldaccini), French

French, 1921–1998

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	3	42.9%
Other Media	2	28.6%
Sculpture	1	14.3%
Etching	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	71.4%
Painting & Sculpture	2	28.6%

Production by Decade

2

1950s

4

1960s

1

1970s

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Sculpture — 2
Print — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	14.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	57.1%
Large (1–3 m)	2	28.6%

Range: 8.9 cm → 151.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1960	1
1961	2
1965	1
1989	1
2011	2

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Torso Sculpture Acc. 25.1960	1954	Welded iron	30 3/8 x 23 3/8 x 27 1/8" (77.1 x 59.4 x 68.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 307.1961	1959	Ink on paper	20 3/4 x 14 5/8" (52.7 x 37.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Bergman
The Yellow Buick Sculpture Acc. 294.1961	1961	Compressed automobile	59 1/2 x 30 3/4 x 24 7/8" (151.1 x 77.7 x 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 816.47 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Rewald
Untitled Drawing Acc. 545.2011	1961	Abraded ink and crayon on board	21 1/8 × 16 5/8" (53.7 × 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Eventail Drawing Acc. 546.2011	1962	Abraided ink and crayon on board	approx.: 44 × 30 1/2" (111.8 × 77.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Untitled Print Acc. 35.1965	1963	Etching and engraving	plate: 13 5/8 x 10 13/16" (34.6 x 27.5cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 16 5/8" (55 x 42.3cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from The New Realists (Les Nouveaux réalistes) Print Acc. 291.1989.2	1973	Bronze in two pieces	composition (irreg.): 3 1/2 × 7/8 × 1 3/16" (8.9 × 2.2 × 3 cm); plate (irreg.): 8 9/16 × 1 5/8 × 7/8" (21.8 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Thayer Bequest