César BALDACCINI dit CÉSAR (1921-1998). "Poule à ailettes", 1981. Bronze with brown patina, signed on the base, numbered 1/8 and marked Bocquel fondeur. Height : 73 cm - Width : 70 cm - Depth : 70 cm Provenance : - Private collection of a member of the collector's collective La Peau du Chat, then by descent. Bibliography: Pavillon des arts (Paris). César (exhibition): February 23 - April 7, 1983. Les musées de la Ville de Paris, 1983. Reproduced in the exhibition catalog. Note: César assembles and welds metal fragments to create a stylized hen, with simple, dynamic forms that nevertheless retain real expressive power. The "fin" accentuates the movement and gives the silhouette an almost graphic dimension. Through this animal figure, he transforms industrial material into a living presence: metal, a hard, cold material, becomes organic and sensitive. The "Poule à ailettes" reveals his talent for combining plastic power, discreet humor and the poetry of everyday life.