Lot 130
  • 130

Yves Klein

Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • La Terre Bleue
  • embossed with the star; numbered 168/300 on a label attached to the underside
  • dry blue pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast
  • height: 35.5cm.; 14in.
  • Conceived in 1957 this work was later cast in 1990 by Jean-Paul Ledeur, Paris, in an edition of 300 plus 50 Hors Commerces, edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.

Provenance

Private Collection, Geneva

Literature

Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, p. 137, no. RP7, illustration of the original cast
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue Raisonné des Editions et Sculptures, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, p. 242, no. RP 7, illustration of another cast in colour