Lot Description
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Victoire de Samothrace
incised with the artist's initials and dated 'YK 62' (on the right wing); numbered 'EA I/XXV' (on the reverse and the underside of the stone)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster with a metal and stone base
19¾ x 10½ x 10in. (50.2 x 26.7 x 25.4cm.)
Executed in 1962, this work is HC number one from an edition of one hundred and seventy-five plus twenty-five HC edited by Galerie Karl Flinker LC, Paris.
Provenance
Galerie LC, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Yves Klein 1928-1962, A Retrospecitve, exh. cat., Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston 1982, No. 92 (another example from the edition illustrated in color).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris, 1982, p. 235, (another example from the edition illustrated).
J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées, Knokke-le-Zoute, 2000, pp. 228-229 (another example from the edition illustrated in color).
