Lot 568
  • 568

YVES KLEIN | Vénus Bleue

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 HKD
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • Vénus Bleue
  • dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
  • 69 (H) by 32 by 24 cm; 27⅛ (H) by 12½ by 9⅞ in. 
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered 194/300 on the reverse; stamped and numbered 194/300 on the undersideConceived in 1962 and executed posthumously in 1982, this work is number 194 from an edition of 300, plus 50 hors-commerce proofs numbered I/L to L/L and 3 artist's proofs numbered 001 to 003

Provenance

Galerie Bonnier, Geneva
Acquired by the present owner from the above This work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity issued by Galerie Bonnier and signed by Mrs. Rotraut Klein-Moquay

Exhibited

Other edition exhibited: 
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, November 1994 - January 1995, p. 247, cat. no. 111 (illustrated in colour) 
Musee d'art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice; Museo Pecci Prato, Yves Klein, La Vie, la Vie Elle-Même qui est l'Art Absolu, April 2000 - January 2001, p. 182 (illustrated in colour)
Museo d'Arte di Lugano, Yves Klein, May - September 2009, p. 180 (illustrated in colour)

Literature

Paul Wember ed., Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, p. 100, cat. no. S 41
Pierre Restany ed., Yves Klein, New York, 1982, p. 204 (illustrated in colour) 
Yves Klein, Exh. Cat., The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, 1997, p. 79, no. 66 (illustrated in colour)
Jean-Paul. Ledeur ed., Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 234, cat. no. S41 (illustrated in colour)
Hannah Weitemeier ed., Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, London, 2001, p. 25 (illustrated in colour)
Marie Raymond - Yves Klein, Exh. Cat. Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Angers, 2004, p. 190

Condition

This work is in a very good condition. Light restoration work was undertaken by Benoit Dagron from Benoit Dagron Conservation Studio. Please refer to the following restoration and condition report.
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