Lot Essay
This work is based on the Louvre's Aphrodite of Cnide.
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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 '119/300' (on the underside)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin plaster
26¾in. (68cm.) high
Conceived in 1962, this work is number one hundred and nineteen from an edition of three hundred plus fifty HC plus three edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva in 1962
La Vénus d'Alexandrie (Vénus bleue)
with the edition stamp and numbered '119/300' (on the underside)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin plaster
26¾in. (68cm.) high
Conceived in 1962, this work is number one hundred and nineteen from an edition of three hundred plus fifty HC plus three edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva in 1962
Provenance
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Anon. sale, Piasa Paris, 23 June 1999, lot 81.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Piasa Paris, 23 June 1999, lot 81.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S 41 (the original plaster illustrated, p. 100).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, no. S 41 (another cast illustrated, p. 204).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994 (another cast illustrated, p. 247).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Paris 2000, no. S 41 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 234).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, no. S 41 (another cast illustrated, p. 204).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994 (another cast illustrated, p. 247).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Paris 2000, no. S 41 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 234).
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