Lot 5
  • 5

Yves Klein

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • IKB 45
  • dry pigment and synthetic resin on canvas laid down on panel
  • 27 by 46cm.
  • 10 5/8 by 18 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1960.

Provenance

Rotraut Klein-Moquay, Arizona
Galerie Reckermann, Cologne
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1986

Exhibited

New York, The Jewish Museum, Yves Klein, 1967
Cologne, Galerie Reckermann, Yves Klein, 1979
Barcelona, Fundacío Caixa de Barcelona; Madrid, Fundacío Juan March, Zero, un Movimiento Europeo: Coleccíon Lenz Schönberg, 1988
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, ZERO. Vision und Bewegung. Werke aus der Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 1988, p. 74, illustrated
Moscow, Zentrales Künstlerhaus, Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Eine europäische Bewegung in der bildenden Kunst von 1958 bis heute, 1989
Warsaw, Galeria Zachęta, Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Aus der Stille der Zeit - über die Grenzen von Raum, 1992, p. 122, illustrated
Innsbruck, Kunstbrücke, Raiffeisen-Landesbank, ZERO. Die europäische Vision - 1958 bis heute. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 2003, p. 41, illustrated
Zagreb, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, ZERO. Die europäische Vision - 1958 bis heute. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 2004, p. 80, illustrated
Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, ZERO. Künstler einer europäischen Bewegung. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg 1956-2006, 2006

Literature

Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, p. 72, illustrated
Bożena Kowalska, 'Kolekcja Gerharda Lenza: Gerhard Lenz's Collection', in: Projekt: Sztuka wazualna i projektowanie visual art & design 195, June 1990, pp. 7-11, illustrated
Hannah Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, Cologne 1994, p. 17, illustrated
Anna and Gerhard Lenz with Ulrike Bleicker-Honisch, Epoche Zero. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Leben in Kunst, Vol. I, Ostfildern 2009, p. 70, no. KL-07, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original and the illustration fails to convey fully the sculptural nature of the surface. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Examination under ultra-violet light reveals minute spots of retouching to the bottom of the overturn right side edge, one towards the centre of the right side edge, and one towards the bottom of the overturn left side edge.
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