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La Vénus d' Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue)
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Vénus d' Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue)
incised with artist's insignia and numbered '95/300' (on the reverse); titled and numbered again 'VÉNUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 92/300' on the underside)
IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
26½ x 10 x 11 in. (67.3 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982. This work is number ninety-five from an addition of three hundred.
La Vénus d' Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue)
incised with artist's insignia and numbered '95/300' (on the reverse); titled and numbered again 'VÉNUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 92/300' on the underside)
IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
26½ x 10 x 11 in. (67.3 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982. This work is number ninety-five from an addition of three hundred.
Provenance
Private collection, Vancouver
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 1 November 2000, lot 523
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 1 November 2000, lot 523
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York, 1982, p. 204 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, 1997, p. 79, no. 66 (another example illustrated in color).
J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 23.
N. Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, p. 231 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, La Vie, la vie elle-mme qui est l'art absolu, exh. cat., Nice, 2000-2001, pp. 83 and 251 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, 1997, p. 79, no. 66 (another example illustrated in color).
J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 23.
N. Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, p. 231 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, La Vie, la vie elle-mme qui est l'art absolu, exh. cat., Nice, 2000-2001, pp. 83 and 251 (another example illustrated in color).
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