Jean DEWASNE (1921-1999)

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Result : 13 500EUR
Jean DEWASNE (1921-1999)
Musicians' bodies Glycerophthalic lacquer on isorel panel, signed and titled on the back. H. 97 cm - W. 130 cm Dirt and very light scratches. We thank Mr Gérard Galby for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate of authenticity can be obtained from him, at the request and expense of the purchaser. Provenance: Collection Colette Creuzevault. Henri Creuzevault, who was mad about sculpture, was one of the first, in the mid-1950s, to point out the talent and new verve that can be seen in the work of the young man from Marseilles who was making strange, fantastic animals by assembling scrap metal elements. The first exhibition organized at the gallery in 1957 of these welded irons was a real success, crowned by the State's purchase of La Tortue. Henri Creuzevault considered these welded irons to be exceptional pieces for understanding the evolution of sculpture, and he jealously guarded the most accomplished examples, going so far as to buy back works previously sold. The Raven (1955), The Feet on the Wall, known as the Peacock Chicken (1956) and the Wader (1959) that we present here are therefore true masterpieces of the spirit of renewal instilled by the 1950s. The spontaneous brutality of these works, which embody the beginnings of the New Realism, marks the starting point of an artist in happy creative jubilation. Frustrated by having to give up unique works that upset him, and recalling his past as a craftsman respectful of know-how, Henri Creuzevault had the ingenious intuition to publish a few of the most beautiful achievements of the sculptor's imaginary bestiary in bronze. César, enthusiastic at the idea of working in a foundry, will blossom in the search for the multiplication of his creations. In 1971, the exhibition César sculpteur, Fer et bronze (Caesar the sculptor, iron and bronze) concretizes these years of fruitful collaborations. After the sudden death of her father that same year, Col