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

La Terre Bleue

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Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Terre Bleue
incised with the artist's monogram (on the base); numbered 'HC XXXXV/L' (on a label affixed to the underside of the base)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster
36 x 18 x 18 cm.
Conceived in 1957, this work is the 45th Hors Commerce from one hundred besides the edition of three hundred, edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. RP7 (the prototype illustrated, p. 137).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 226).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Museé National d'Art Moderne, 1983 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 109).
J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, no. RP7 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 242).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 83).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, 2003 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 149).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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