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Lot 233
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Vénus d’Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue, S41)
Closed13 February 2020
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GBP 118,750
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Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Vénus d’Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue, S41)
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered '003/003' (lower edge)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3/8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (69.5 x 30 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982, this work is number 003/003 from an edition of three hundred numbered 1/300 to 300/300 plus fifty hors-commerce proofs numbered HC I/L to HC L/L and three copies stamped with the monogram numbered 001/003 to 003/003
La Vénus d’Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue, S41)
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered '003/003' (lower edge)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3/8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (69.5 x 30 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982, this work is number 003/003 from an edition of three hundred numbered 1/300 to 300/300 plus fifty hors-commerce proofs numbered HC I/L to HC L/L and three copies stamped with the monogram numbered 001/003 to 003/003
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Vénus d’Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue, S41)
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered '003/003' (lower edge)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3/8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (69.5 x 30 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982, this work is number 003/003 from an edition of three hundred numbered 1/300 to 300/300 plus fifty hors-commerce proofs numbered HC I/L to HC L/L and three copies stamped with the monogram numbered 001/003 to 003/003
La Vénus d’Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue, S41)
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered '003/003' (lower edge)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3/8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (69.5 x 30 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982, this work is number 003/003 from an edition of three hundred numbered 1/300 to 300/300 plus fifty hors-commerce proofs numbered HC I/L to HC L/L and three copies stamped with the monogram numbered 001/003 to 003/003
Acquired directly from the artist's family by the present owner.
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S 41 (original plaster cast illustrated, p. 100).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 204).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, 1983 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997, no. 66 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 79).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated in colour p. 234).
Yves Klein, La Vie, La vie elle-même qui est l'art absolu, exh. cat., Nice, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, 2000-2001(another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 182).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 25).
B. Corà and D. Moquay (eds.), Yves Klein, exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, 2009 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 180).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 204).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, 1983 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997, no. 66 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 79).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated in colour p. 234).
Yves Klein, La Vie, La vie elle-même qui est l'art absolu, exh. cat., Nice, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, 2000-2001(another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 182).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 25).
B. Corà and D. Moquay (eds.), Yves Klein, exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, 2009 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 180).
Cologne, Museum Ludwig and Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Yves Klein, 1994-1995, p. 285, no. 111 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 247). This exhibition later travelled to London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
The work is registered with the Yves Klein Archive.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.