Yves Klein

The artist

Michel Couturier, Paris

Philippe and Denyse Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired directly from the above in 1965)

Thence by descent to the present owner 

Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, Bas-reliefs dans une forêt d'éponges, June 1959 

New York, The Jewish Museum, Yves Klein, January - March 1967, no. 6, n.p., illustrated

Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, cat. no. S 67, p. 93, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University (and traveling), Yves Klein 1928-1962: A Retrospective, 1982-83, fig. 45, p. 311, illustrated (installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959)

Exh. Cat., Tokyo, Seibu Takanawa, The Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Yves Klein, 1985-86, fig. 78, p. 122, illustrated (installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959)

Exh. Cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig (and traveling), Yves Klein, 1994-95, p. 161, illustrated (installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959) and p. 163, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Nice, Musèe d'Art Moderne at d'Art Contemporain (and traveling), Yves Klein: Long Live the Immaterial!, 2000, p. 225, illustrated (with the artist installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959) and p. 228, illustrated (with the artist in his Paris studio, 1960)

Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées, 2000, p. 147, illustrated (with the artist installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959)

Exh Cat., Schrim Kunsthalle Frankfurt (and traveling), Yves Klein, 2004-05, p. 220, illustrated (with the artist installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959)

Exh. Cat., New York, L&M Arts, Yves Klein: A Career Survey, 2005, p. 98, illustrated (with the artist installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959)

Rotraut Klein-Moquay and Robert Pincus-Witten, Yves Klein: USA, Paris 2009, n.p., illustrated (installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959) (detail)

Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (and traveling), Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers, 2010-11, p. 2 illustrated (with the artist in his Paris studio, 1960) 

Matthias Koddenberg, Yves Klein: In/Out Studio, New York 2016, n.p., illustrated (installed in Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, 1959) (detail) and p. 134, illustrated in color (with the artist in his Paris studio, 1960)