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MICA: THE COLLECTION OF MICA ERTEGUN
YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)
Vénus d'Alexandrie (S 41)
Details
YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)
Vénus d'Alexandrie (S 41)
stamped with the star and numbered '104⁄300' (on the reverse); stamped with the editor's stamp and numbered again '104⁄300' (on the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3⁄8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7⁄8 in. (69.5 x 29.8 x 20 cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982. This work is number 104 from an edition of 300 plus 50 hors-commerce numbered I/L to L/L and three copies numbered 001 to 003
Vénus d'Alexandrie (S 41)
stamped with the star and numbered '104⁄300' (on the reverse); stamped with the editor's stamp and numbered again '104⁄300' (on the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3⁄8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7⁄8 in. (69.5 x 29.8 x 20 cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982. This work is number 104 from an edition of 300 plus 50 hors-commerce numbered I/L to L/L and three copies numbered 001 to 003
Provenance
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Private collection.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, by 1997.
Private collection.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, by 1997.
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, p. 100, no. S 41 (original plaster cast illustrated, p. 100).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris, 1982, p. 204, no. S 41 (another example illustrated in color, p. 204).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue des éditions et sculptures éditées, Geneva, 1982, pp. 234-238, no. S 41 (another example illustrated in color, p. 234).
C. Fournet, ed., Chroniques niçoises: Genèse d'un musée. Tome 1: 1945-1972, Nice, 1991, p. 247 (another example illustrated in color, p. 247).
A. Tapert, "Mica Ertegun: Fine-Tuning an Enduring Arrangement in Manhattan" in Architectural Digest, vol. 54, no. 7, September 1997, pp. 4 and 166 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).
N. Charlet, Yves Klein, Sculpteur, Paris, 2000, p. 80.
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne, 2001, p. 92, no. 25 (another example illustrated).
R. Fleck, Marie Raymond-Yves Klein, Angers, 2004, p. 193, fig. 227 (another example illustrated in color).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris, 1982, p. 204, no. S 41 (another example illustrated in color, p. 204).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue des éditions et sculptures éditées, Geneva, 1982, pp. 234-238, no. S 41 (another example illustrated in color, p. 234).
C. Fournet, ed., Chroniques niçoises: Genèse d'un musée. Tome 1: 1945-1972, Nice, 1991, p. 247 (another example illustrated in color, p. 247).
A. Tapert, "Mica Ertegun: Fine-Tuning an Enduring Arrangement in Manhattan" in Architectural Digest, vol. 54, no. 7, September 1997, pp. 4 and 166 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).
N. Charlet, Yves Klein, Sculpteur, Paris, 2000, p. 80.
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne, 2001, p. 92, no. 25 (another example illustrated).
R. Fleck, Marie Raymond-Yves Klein, Angers, 2004, p. 193, fig. 227 (another example illustrated in color).
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