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La Vénus d'Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue)
Details
Yves Klein (1928 - 1962)
La Vénus d'Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue)
with the edition stamp and numbered '34/300' (on the underside of the sculpture)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin plaster reproduction of the Louvre's Aphrodite of Cnide
26¾in. (68cm.) high
Conceived in 1962, this work is no. '34/300' from an edition of 300 + 50 + 3 (numbered 1/300 to 300/300, HC/L to HCL/L, 003/003) edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva in 1982
La Vénus d'Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue)
with the edition stamp and numbered '34/300' (on the underside of the sculpture)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin plaster reproduction of the Louvre's Aphrodite of Cnide
26¾in. (68cm.) high
Conceived in 1962, this work is no. '34/300' from an edition of 300 + 50 + 3 (numbered 1/300 to 300/300, HC/L to HCL/L, 003/003) edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva in 1982
Provenance
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Galerie Lörl, Monchengladbach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1970.
Galerie Lörl, Monchengladbach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1970.
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S41 (the original plaster illustrated p. 100).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, no. S41 (another cast illustrated, p. 204).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994, p. 247 (another cast illustrated).
J.-P.Ledeur, Yves Klein, catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Paris 2000, no. S 41, pp.234-241 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 234).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, no. S41 (another cast illustrated, p. 204).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994, p. 247 (another cast illustrated).
J.-P.Ledeur, Yves Klein, catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Paris 2000, no. S 41, pp.234-241 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 234).
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