CÉSAR BALDACCINI (1921–1998), “Compression Portrait with American Flags”, 1985, colour silkscreen print, signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner and numbered 43/100 in the bottom left-hand corner. H. 80 x 68 cm (visible area) The original drawing was sold at Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Brussels, on 13 June 2022 as lot 157 (American flag pennants, graphite on wooden panel and Plexiglas. Signed in the bottom right-hand corner. 123.5 x 103.5 x 8.5 cm) for €18,900 A leading figure in the New Realists movement, César is world-renowned for his ‘compressions’ of metals and everyday objects, as well as for having created the famous bronze César Film Award trophy.