Acrylic and Marker
Signature on the back
The Famous French Collection
30 x 30 x 1.6 cm
12 x 12 x 0.6 inch.
With his artistic vision shaped by poverty, he utilized the most economical of materials for sculptures.
One composition featured thousands of crushed counterfeit Cartier watches that had been seized by customs officials. Another was a representation of his thumb.
His most massive work was a 520-ton barrier of compressed automobiles erected at the Venice Biennale.
And the French film industry commissioned him to design its annual award, the César, a compression-styled gold statuette quite distinct from its older American cousin, the Oscar.
Did you know?
César had a weakness for thumbs. Why? The thumb is the finger with the best proportions. Enlarged to monumental dimensions, the other fingers of the hand don’t have the same effect, not to mention the fact that it has only two phalanges, easier to reproduce. And on top of it all, it’s a symbol of strength and power.