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Petite Vénus bleue
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Petite Vénus bleue
inscribed 'Yves Klein' (on the right leg); numbered '1/6' (on the reverse)
21¼in. (54cm.)
blue pigment on bronze
Conceived in 1956-1957, this work is number one from a edition of thirteen (numbered 1/6 to 6/6, EA 1/3 to EA 3/3, HC1/3 to H/C 3/3 plus one foundry edition) edited by Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris in 1973
Petite Vénus bleue
inscribed 'Yves Klein' (on the right leg); numbered '1/6' (on the reverse)
21¼in. (54cm.)
blue pigment on bronze
Conceived in 1956-1957, this work is number one from a edition of thirteen (numbered 1/6 to 6/6, EA 1/3 to EA 3/3, HC1/3 to H/C 3/3 plus one foundry edition) edited by Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris in 1973
Provenance
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo (1986).
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S12 (another cast illustrated p. 98).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982.
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein, Cologne 1994.
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994, p. 278.
J-P Ledeur, Yves Klein, catalogue raisonné des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Paris 1999, no. S12, pp. 296-300 (another cast illustrated p. 296).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982.
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein, Cologne 1994.
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994, p. 278.
J-P Ledeur, Yves Klein, catalogue raisonné des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Paris 1999, no. S12, pp. 296-300 (another cast illustrated p. 296).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Yves Klein, February 1986.
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Please note this work is inscribed 'Yves Klein' (on the right leg).