This catalog was published in conjunction with 'La question de la sculpture', a solo show by César held at the Musée Picasso - Antibes between July 21 and September 30, 1978. 

Includes an essay by Pontus Hulten.

César (César Baldaccini, 1921-1998) was born to Italian parents in the Belle de Mai quarter of Marseille, France. At the time, this area of the Mediterranean port city was chaotic and economically depressed, teeming with waves of immigrant populations and the detritus of their lives. The cross section of excess and deprivation that Marseille represented would serve as a significant source of César’s artistic endeavors.