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Victoire de Samothrace
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Victoire de Samothrace
inscribed with the initials and numbered 'YK 112/175' (on the reverse); numbered '112/175' (on the underside of the stone base)
blue pigment and synthetic resin on plaster with a stone base
19 1/2in. (49.5cm.) high including stone base
Conceived in 1962, and executed in a numbered edition of 175 in 1973 by Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris
Victoire de Samothrace
inscribed with the initials and numbered 'YK 112/175' (on the reverse); numbered '112/175' (on the underside of the stone base)
blue pigment and synthetic resin on plaster with a stone base
19 1/2in. (49.5cm.) high including stone base
Conceived in 1962, and executed in a numbered edition of 175 in 1973 by Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. 89 (the original plaster illustrated p. 97).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982 (another cast illustrated p. 235).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art: a Continuing History, London 1990, no. 67 (another cast illustrated in colour p. 54).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein: 1928-1962, Cologne 1995, p. 2 (another cast illustrated in colour).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982 (another cast illustrated p. 235).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art: a Continuing History, London 1990, no. 67 (another cast illustrated in colour p. 54).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein: 1928-1962, Cologne 1995, p. 2 (another cast illustrated in colour).