Lot 110
  • 110

Yves Klein

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • La Terre Bleue
  • embossed with the star on the base and numbered 61/300  on a label affixed to the underside
  • dry IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast
  • 35.5 by 29.5 by 28cm.; 14 by 11 5/8 by 11in.
  • Conceived in 1957, this work was cast in 1990 in an edition of 300 plus 50 Hors Commerces, edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.

Provenance

Galerie Bonnier, Geneva
Private Collection, Sweden
Gimpel Fils, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1995

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

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. The catalogue illustration fails to fully convey the three-dimensionality of the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are some tiny superficial dust fibres beneath the perspex, superficially adhering to the surface of the globe. There is a small loss to the blue pigment on the axis where the upper section of the globe meets the arc. There is a faint rub mark to the upper most point of the arc, with an associated small loss to the surface of the pigment.
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