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La Vénus d'Alexandrie
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Vénus d'Alexandrie
with the edition stamp and numbered '28/300' (on the underside of the sculpture)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster reproduction of the Louvre's Aphrodite of Cnide
26¾in. (68cm.) high
Executed in 1982, this work is number twenty-eight from an edition of three hundred plus fifty HC. The edition was published by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, in 1982, based on the original work, which was executed circa 1961-62
La Vénus d'Alexandrie
with the edition stamp and numbered '28/300' (on the underside of the sculpture)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster reproduction of the Louvre's Aphrodite of Cnide
26¾in. (68cm.) high
Executed in 1982, this work is number twenty-eight from an edition of three hundred plus fifty HC. The edition was published by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, in 1982, based on the original work, which was executed circa 1961-62
Provenance
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Galerie Zero, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Galerie Zero, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S 41 (prototype illustrated, p. 100).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 204).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994 no. 111 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 247).
G. Perlein and B. Corà, Yves Klein. Long Live the Immaterial, New York 2000 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 183).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein. Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited/Catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Knokke-Zoute 2000, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 234).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 204).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994 no. 111 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 247).
G. Perlein and B. Corà, Yves Klein. Long Live the Immaterial, New York 2000 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 183).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein. Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited/Catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Knokke-Zoute 2000, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 234).
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