Compression
1960
César's 'Compression' from 1960 represents the artist's iconic practice of transforming everyday materials through industrial processes. This work became a defining element of the artist's sculptural practice.
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
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🔨 Auction Lot
Collection Waller, l’Art en mouvements, Part I
October 25, 2022
Estimate: $70,000 to $100,000
Lot 114
Artists in conversation
John Chamberlain
American · b. 1927
Chamberlain famously crushed and welded salvaged automobile parts into abstract sculptures, directly paralleling César's industrial compression technique and shared interest in transforming scrap metal into bold post-war abstract forms.
Richard Stankiewicz
American · b. 1922
Stankiewicz assembled industrial scrap metal and found steel components into raw abstract sculptures that share César's Art Brut sensibility and post-war fascination with transforming industrial detritus into expressive sculptural form.
Jean Tinguely
Swiss · b. 1925
Tinguely worked within the same European post-war milieu as César, using industrial metal materials and mechanical processes to create bold abstract sculptures that challenge the boundary between industrial object and fine art.
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