Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Yves Klein
La victoire de samothrace
Auction Closed
May 13, 09:05 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
La victoire de samothrace
incised with the artist's initials, dated 62 and numbered XXII/XXV on the underside of the base
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster with a metal and stone base
19 ⅞ by 9 ⅞ by 10 ¼ in. 50.5 by 25.1 by 26 cm.
Executed in 1962, this work is hors commerce 22, aside from an edition of 175, plus 25 hors commerce.
Private Collection
Private Collection, New York
Christie’s, New York, 9 September 2008, Lot 217
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, New York
Christie’s, New York, 9 September 2008, Lot 217
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., New York, Jewish Museum, Yves Klein, 1967, p. 51, illustrated
Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, cat. no. S9
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Yves Klein, 1983, n.p., illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Katalog zur Ausstellung, 1984, p. 107, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Paris, Artcurial, Hommage au Président Georges Pompidou un homme de culture, 1987, p. 28, illustrated in color
Veronique Prat, Douze ans de l'histoire d'Artcurial, Paris 1987, n.p., illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Premier volet des collections, p. 11, illustrated in color
Claude Fournet, Musées de Nice - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Paris, 1990, p. 31, illustrated in color
Claude Fournet and Jacqueline Péglion, eds., Chroniques niçoises - Genèse d'un Musée, Nice 1991, n.p.
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1994, p. 247, illustrated in color
Gilles-François Picard, "Yves Klein ou la Révolution bleue," Paris, December 5, 1997, p. 104, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968, 1998, n.p., illustrated in color
Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Yves Klein 1928-1962: A Retrospective, 1982, cat. no. 92, illustrated in color
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue raisonné des éditions, et sculptures éditées, Knokke-Le-Zoute 2000, cat. no. S9
Nicholas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, p. 231, illustrated in color
Marco Livingstone, Pop Art, Paris 2000, p. 54, illustrated in color
Hannah Weitermeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 2, illustrated in color
Janny Lumeau, Des mots bleus por "Klein le monochrome," France 2003, illustrated in color on the cover
Véronique Prat, La Collection de Georges et Claude Pompidou, Paris 2004, p. 81, illustrated in color
Léo Pajon, La Victoire de Samothrace, Paris 2005, p. 118, illustrated in color
Sandrine Andrews, Yves Klein à la conquète de l'espace, Paris 2006, p. 26, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le Nouveau Réalisme, 2007, p. 199, illustrated in color
Exh., Cat., Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Kunst der Gegenwart/1960 bis 2007, 2007, n.p. illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Zurich, Galerie Gmurzynska, Yves Klein - The Venus Project, 2014, p. 34, illustrated in color
Giovanni Lista, "Les sculptures d’Yves Klein et le spatialisme de Lucio Fontana," Ligeia dossiers sur l'art, Paris, Vol. XXVII, No. 129-132, January - July 2014, p. 25, illustrated in color
Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, cat. no. S9
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Yves Klein, 1983, n.p., illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Katalog zur Ausstellung, 1984, p. 107, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Paris, Artcurial, Hommage au Président Georges Pompidou un homme de culture, 1987, p. 28, illustrated in color
Veronique Prat, Douze ans de l'histoire d'Artcurial, Paris 1987, n.p., illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Premier volet des collections, p. 11, illustrated in color
Claude Fournet, Musées de Nice - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Paris, 1990, p. 31, illustrated in color
Claude Fournet and Jacqueline Péglion, eds., Chroniques niçoises - Genèse d'un Musée, Nice 1991, n.p.
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1994, p. 247, illustrated in color
Gilles-François Picard, "Yves Klein ou la Révolution bleue," Paris, December 5, 1997, p. 104, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968, 1998, n.p., illustrated in color
Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Yves Klein 1928-1962: A Retrospective, 1982, cat. no. 92, illustrated in color
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue raisonné des éditions, et sculptures éditées, Knokke-Le-Zoute 2000, cat. no. S9
Nicholas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, p. 231, illustrated in color
Marco Livingstone, Pop Art, Paris 2000, p. 54, illustrated in color
Hannah Weitermeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 2, illustrated in color
Janny Lumeau, Des mots bleus por "Klein le monochrome," France 2003, illustrated in color on the cover
Véronique Prat, La Collection de Georges et Claude Pompidou, Paris 2004, p. 81, illustrated in color
Léo Pajon, La Victoire de Samothrace, Paris 2005, p. 118, illustrated in color
Sandrine Andrews, Yves Klein à la conquète de l'espace, Paris 2006, p. 26, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le Nouveau Réalisme, 2007, p. 199, illustrated in color
Exh., Cat., Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Kunst der Gegenwart/1960 bis 2007, 2007, n.p. illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Zurich, Galerie Gmurzynska, Yves Klein - The Venus Project, 2014, p. 34, illustrated in color
Giovanni Lista, "Les sculptures d’Yves Klein et le spatialisme de Lucio Fontana," Ligeia dossiers sur l'art, Paris, Vol. XXVII, No. 129-132, January - July 2014, p. 25, illustrated in color