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Victoire de Samothrace (Victory of Samothrace)
Details
YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)
Victoire de Samothrace (Victory of Samothrace)
signed with the initials and dated ‘YK 62' (on a wing); numbered twice ‘70⁄175’ (on the reverse and the underside of the stone)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster, with metal and stone base
21 x 10 x 9 7/8in. (53.5 x 25.5 x 25cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1973. This work is number seventy from an edition of one hundred and seventy five, twenty five artist's proofs and twenty-five Hors Commerce from the Gallery Karl Flinker.
Victoire de Samothrace (Victory of Samothrace)
signed with the initials and dated ‘YK 62' (on a wing); numbered twice ‘70⁄175’ (on the reverse and the underside of the stone)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster, with metal and stone base
21 x 10 x 9 7/8in. (53.5 x 25.5 x 25cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1973. This work is number seventy from an edition of one hundred and seventy five, twenty five artist's proofs and twenty-five Hors Commerce from the Gallery Karl Flinker.
Provenance
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in 1993, and thence by descent.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in 1993, and thence by descent.
Literature
K. McShine, et. al, Yves Klein, exh. cat., New York, Jewish Museum, 1967 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 51).
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S9 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 97).
K. Yves, Yves Klein, exh. cat., Bern, Kunsthalle, 1971, S9 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 109)
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 235).
V. Prat, Douze Ans De L'Histoire d'Artcurial, Paris 1987 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 29).
Paris, Artcurial, Hommage au Président Georges Pompidou un Homme de Culture, exh. cat., 1987 (illustrated in colour, p. 28).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art: A Continuing History, London 1990, p. 266, no. 67 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
'Genèse d'un Musée', in Chroniques niçoises Genèse d'un Musée tome I: 1945-1972, Nice 1991, p. 250 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 251).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994, p. 285, no. 112 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 247).
Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, exh. cat., Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998, p. 55, no. 28 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 56).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, no. S9 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 228).
N. Charlet and P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, p. 230, S9 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 231).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art, Paris 2000, p. 266, no. 67 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 92, no. 2 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 2).
R. Fleck, Marie Raymond, Yves Klein, Angers 2004, no. 206, S9 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 175).
S. Andrews, Yves Klein à la conquête de l'espace, Paris 2006, p. 27 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 26).
'Les sculptures d’Yves Klein et le spatialisme de Lucio Fontana', in Ligeia : dossiers sur l'art, Paris, vol. XXVII, no. 129-132, January-July 2014 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 25).
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S9 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 97).
K. Yves, Yves Klein, exh. cat., Bern, Kunsthalle, 1971, S9 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 109)
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 235).
V. Prat, Douze Ans De L'Histoire d'Artcurial, Paris 1987 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 29).
Paris, Artcurial, Hommage au Président Georges Pompidou un Homme de Culture, exh. cat., 1987 (illustrated in colour, p. 28).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art: A Continuing History, London 1990, p. 266, no. 67 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
'Genèse d'un Musée', in Chroniques niçoises Genèse d'un Musée tome I: 1945-1972, Nice 1991, p. 250 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 251).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994, p. 285, no. 112 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 247).
Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, exh. cat., Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998, p. 55, no. 28 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 56).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, no. S9 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 228).
N. Charlet and P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, p. 230, S9 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 231).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art, Paris 2000, p. 266, no. 67 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 92, no. 2 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 2).
R. Fleck, Marie Raymond, Yves Klein, Angers 2004, no. 206, S9 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 175).
S. Andrews, Yves Klein à la conquête de l'espace, Paris 2006, p. 27 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 26).
'Les sculptures d’Yves Klein et le spatialisme de Lucio Fontana', in Ligeia : dossiers sur l'art, Paris, vol. XXVII, no. 129-132, January-July 2014 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 25).
Exhibited
Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Yves Klein 1928-1962. A Retrospective, 1982-1983, p. 347, no. 92 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 170). This exhibition later travelled to Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, p. 424, no. 108 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 158).
Cologne, Ludwig Museum, Yves Klein, 1994-1995, no. 112 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 247). This exhibition later travelled to Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo National Centre de Arte de Reina Sofía.
Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst, Yves Klein, 1997-1998, p. 212, no. 62 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 75). This exhibition later travelled to Tampere, Sara Hilden Art Museum and Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art.
Nice, Musée d'art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Yves Klein, Long Live the Immaterial!, 2000-2001, p. 251 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 182). This exhibition travelled to Prato, Museo Pecci Prato.
Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Contemporary Art 1960 to 2007, (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 207).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le Nouveau Réalisme, 2007-2008 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 199). This exhibition later travelled to Hanovre, Sprengel Museum, Nouveau Réalisme, Revolution des Alltäglichen, p. 327, no. 132 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p.199).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte délla Città di Lugano, Yves Klein, 2009, p. 178 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 179).
Madrid, Circulo de Bellas Arte, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein Herencias, 2009-2010, p. 208 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 160).
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Fondation Villa Datris, Sculpture du Sud d'une Rive à L'autre de la Méditerranée, 2014, S9 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour on cover, frontispice, and p. 73).
Cologne, Ludwig Museum, Yves Klein, 1994-1995, no. 112 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 247). This exhibition later travelled to Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo National Centre de Arte de Reina Sofía.
Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst, Yves Klein, 1997-1998, p. 212, no. 62 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 75). This exhibition later travelled to Tampere, Sara Hilden Art Museum and Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art.
Nice, Musée d'art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Yves Klein, Long Live the Immaterial!, 2000-2001, p. 251 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 182). This exhibition travelled to Prato, Museo Pecci Prato.
Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Contemporary Art 1960 to 2007, (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 207).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le Nouveau Réalisme, 2007-2008 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 199). This exhibition later travelled to Hanovre, Sprengel Museum, Nouveau Réalisme, Revolution des Alltäglichen, p. 327, no. 132 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p.199).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte délla Città di Lugano, Yves Klein, 2009, p. 178 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 179).
Madrid, Circulo de Bellas Arte, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein Herencias, 2009-2010, p. 208 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 160).
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Fondation Villa Datris, Sculpture du Sud d'une Rive à L'autre de la Méditerranée, 2014, S9 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour on cover, frontispice, and p. 73).
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