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Lot 104
  • 104

Yves Klein

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • Venus
  • embossed with the star and numbered 280/300
  • pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast
  • overall: 69 by 30 by 20cm.; 26 3/4 by 11 7/8 by 8in.
  • Conceived in 1962, this work was cast in 1982 in an edition of 300, plus 50 Hors Commerces, and was edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.

Provenance

Galerie Bonnier, Geneva

Literature

Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, p. 100, no. S 41, illustration of the original cast
Pierre Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, p. 204, illustration of another cast
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue Raisonné des Éditions et Sculptures, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, p. 234, no. S 41, illustration of another cast in colour