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YVES KLEIN (1928 - 1962) | Table Monogold™
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Yves Klein (1928 - 1962)
- Table Monogold™
- 14 1/8 by 49 by 39 3/8 in. (35.7 by 124.5 by 99.7 cm.)
- This work is from an edition begun in 1963 under the supervision of Rotraut Klein-Moquay based on a model by Yves Klein.
Plexiglas, metal and gold leaf; signed 'R. Klein Moquay' and numbered 'XAA-TREZ' on a label affixed to the underside of the table
Provenance
Artware Editions, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Condition
Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at (212)606-7254 for a condition report on this lot.
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The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
Catalogue Note
Perhaps the most simultaneously influential and controversial French artist of the 1950’s and early 1960’s, Yves Klein is best known for his trademark ultramarine pigment, which he called International Klein Blue (IKB). Klein, a devout Christian as well as a follower of Eastern religions, saw IKB as a way to encompass the expanse of the infinite as represented in nature (the sky and the ocean) as well as represented symbolically as the color of the Holy Trinity in the Christian Faith. Klein was also fond of rose and gold and their connectivity to Christianity, believing experiencing color was to “bathe in cosmic sensibility” (Yves Klein in Tess Thackara, ‘Yves Klein’s Legacy Is About Much More Than Blue,’ ‘Artsy,' 9 January 2017). His work as whole fought to break down the division of life and art.