Contemporary Curated
Contemporary Curated
Property from a Private Distinguished Collection
Yves Klein
L’Esclave Mourant d’Après Michel-Ange (S20)
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April 13, 01:50 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Distinguished Collection
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
L’Esclave Mourant d’Après Michel-Ange (S20)
numbered 4/300 and signed by Rotraut Klein-Moquay on a label affixed to the underside
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
60 by 22 by 15 cm. 23⅝ by 8⅝ by 5⅞ in.
Conceived in 1962 and executed posthumously in 1992, this work is number 4 from an edition of 300, plus 50 hors-commerce proofs numbered I/L to L/L.
Opera Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008
Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, p. 98, no. S20, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994, p. 247, no. 113, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited, Knokke-le-Zoute 1999, p. 248, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Nicolas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein, 2004-05, p. 190, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994, p. 247, no. 113, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited, Knokke-le-Zoute 1999, p. 248, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Nicolas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein, 2004-05, p. 190, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)