Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Yves Klein (1928-1962)

L’esclave mourant d’après Michel Ange (S 20) / The Slave Dying after Michelangelo (S20)

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Yves Klein (1928-1962)
L’esclave mourant d’après Michel Ange (S 20) / The Slave Dying after Michelangelo (S20)
stamped with the artist’s signature, inscribed, titled and numbered ‘Yves Klein S 20 l’esclave mourant d’après Michel Ange HC XLII/L - R. Klein Moquay’ (on a label affixed to the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
23 ¼ x 7 1/8 x 6 ¼ in. (60 x 22 x 15 cm.)
Executed in 1992. This work is from a posthumous edition of 350 based on the unique sculpture executed in 1962. It is Hors-Commerce XLII/L aside from an edition of 300 plus 50 Hors-Commerce proofs numbered HC I/L to HC L/L and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Rotraut Klein Moquay.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, p. 98, no. S 20 (another example illustrated).
J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited, Knokke-le-Zoute, 1999, pp. 248-249, no. S 20 (another example illustrated).

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