Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
PETITE VÉNUS BLEUE (BROOCH)
Conceived in 1956-57, executed later, this work is number 379 from an edition of 500.
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered 379/500 on the reverse of the brooch
bronze painted with IKB colour (International Klein Blue)
Brooch: 5.5 by 2.5 cm, 2 1/8 by 1 in.
Box: 12 by 8.5 by 7.5 cm, 4 3/4 by 3 3/8 by 3 in.
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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Mrs Rotraut Klein-Moquay and by its original box covered with gold leaf.
Galerie Stephane Klein, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Diane Venet, Bijoux d'Artistes de Picasso à Jeff Koons, Skira Flammarion Ed., Paris, 2011, p.183