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YVES KLEIN | Victoire de Samothrace (S 9)
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- Yves Klein
- Victoire de Samothrace (S 9)
- incised with the artist’s initials and dated 62 on the right wing; numbered 115/175 on the reverse; numbered 115/175 on the underside of the stone base
- dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster with metal and stone base
- 49 by 24.5 by 31.5 cm. 19 1/4 by 9 5/8 by 12 3/8 in.
- Conceived in 1962 and cast in 1973, this work is number 115 from an edition of 175 plus 25 hors commerce, 25 epreuves d’artiste and 3 copies with specific identifications.
Provenance
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Private Collection, Belgium
A gift from the above to the present owner in the 1980s
Private Collection, Belgium
A gift from the above to the present owner in the 1980s
Exhibited
Kaarst-Dusseldorf, Gallery 44, Yves Klein und seine Freunde, October 1986 - January 1987 (ed. no. unknown)
Parma, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, Une probabile umore dell’idea, April - May 1989, p. 33, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
London, Galerie Gimpel Fils, Yves Klein, June - September 1994 (ed. no. unknown)
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, November 1994 - January 1995, p. 247, no. 112, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Citta natura, Mostra internazionale di arte contemporanea, April 1997 (ed. no. unknown)
Vienna, Kunsthalle, Engel, Engel, Legenden der Gegenwart, June - September 1997, p. 221, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Le Bourget, Musée de l’air et de l’espace, L’art, l’air et l’espace, October 1999 (ed. no. unknown)
Hong Kong, Museum of Art, Nice Movements - Contemporary French Art, April - June 2000, p. 64, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Musée d’art Moderne et d’art Contemporain de Nice; and Prato, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Luigi Pecci, Yves Klein, La Vie, la vie elle-même qui est l’art absolu, April 2000 - January 2001, p. 182, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Macau, Museu de arte de Macau, Du Nouveau Réalisme à Supports Surfaces, July - August 2000, p. 89, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Pietrasanta, Flora Bigai, Nel blu dipinto di blu Yves Klein, July - September 2004, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Angers, Musée des Beaux Arts; Roanne, Musée Joseph Dechelette; Carcassonne, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Coblence, Museum Ludwig; and LAAC Dunkerque, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein, November 2004 - June 2007, p. 175, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim, Yves Klein, January - May 2005 (ed. no. unknown)
Paris, Galerie Rive Gauche, Yves Klein et Niki de Saint Phalle, February - March 2005 (ed. no. unknown)
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais; and Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Nouveau Réalisme: Revolution des Alltäglichen, March 2007 - January 2008 (ed. no. unknown)
Lugano, Museo d’Arte & Sculture in Città, Yves Klein & Rotraut, May - September 2009, pp. 178-79, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein Herencias, October 2009 - January 2010, p. 160, illlustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Venice, Ca’ Corner della Regina, The Small Utopia, Ars Multiplicata, July - November 2012 (ed. no. unknown)
Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Villa Datris, Sculpture du Sud, May - November 2014 (ed. no. unknown)
Zurich, Hotel Baur au Lac, Art in the Park, June - July 2014 (ed. no. unknown)
Parma, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, Une probabile umore dell’idea, April - May 1989, p. 33, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
London, Galerie Gimpel Fils, Yves Klein, June - September 1994 (ed. no. unknown)
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, November 1994 - January 1995, p. 247, no. 112, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Citta natura, Mostra internazionale di arte contemporanea, April 1997 (ed. no. unknown)
Vienna, Kunsthalle, Engel, Engel, Legenden der Gegenwart, June - September 1997, p. 221, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Le Bourget, Musée de l’air et de l’espace, L’art, l’air et l’espace, October 1999 (ed. no. unknown)
Hong Kong, Museum of Art, Nice Movements - Contemporary French Art, April - June 2000, p. 64, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Musée d’art Moderne et d’art Contemporain de Nice; and Prato, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Luigi Pecci, Yves Klein, La Vie, la vie elle-même qui est l’art absolu, April 2000 - January 2001, p. 182, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Macau, Museu de arte de Macau, Du Nouveau Réalisme à Supports Surfaces, July - August 2000, p. 89, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Pietrasanta, Flora Bigai, Nel blu dipinto di blu Yves Klein, July - September 2004, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Angers, Musée des Beaux Arts; Roanne, Musée Joseph Dechelette; Carcassonne, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Coblence, Museum Ludwig; and LAAC Dunkerque, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein, November 2004 - June 2007, p. 175, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim, Yves Klein, January - May 2005 (ed. no. unknown)
Paris, Galerie Rive Gauche, Yves Klein et Niki de Saint Phalle, February - March 2005 (ed. no. unknown)
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais; and Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Nouveau Réalisme: Revolution des Alltäglichen, March 2007 - January 2008 (ed. no. unknown)
Lugano, Museo d’Arte & Sculture in Città, Yves Klein & Rotraut, May - September 2009, pp. 178-79, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein Herencias, October 2009 - January 2010, p. 160, illlustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Venice, Ca’ Corner della Regina, The Small Utopia, Ars Multiplicata, July - November 2012 (ed. no. unknown)
Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Villa Datris, Sculpture du Sud, May - November 2014 (ed. no. unknown)
Zurich, Hotel Baur au Lac, Art in the Park, June - July 2014 (ed. no. unknown)
Literature
Exh. Cat., New York, Jewish Museum, Yves Klein, 1967, p. 51, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, n.p., no. S9 (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Yves Klein 1928-1962: A Retrospective, February - May 1982, n.p., no. 92, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Yves Klein, March - May 1983, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, Katalog zur Ausstellung, July - August 1984, p. 107, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Artcurial, Hommage au Président Georges Pompidou un homme de culture, April 1987, p. 28, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Veronique Prat, Douze ans de l’histoire d’Artcurial, Paris 1987, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Nice, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Premier volet des collections, June - October 1990, p. 11, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Claude Fournet, Musées de Nice - Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Paris 1990, p. 31, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Claude Fournet and Jacqueline Peglion, Eds., Chroniques niçoises - Genèse d’un Musée, Nice, 1991, n.p., illsutrated (ed. no. unknown)
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994, p. 247, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Gilles-Francois Picard, Yves Klein ou la Revolution bleue, Paris, 5 December 1997, p. 104, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968, 1998, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue raisonné des éditions, et sculptures éditées, Knokke-Le-Zoute, 2000, n.p., no. S9, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Nicholas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, p. 231, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Marco Livingstone, Pop Art, Paris 2000, p. 54, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Hannah Weitermeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 2, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Veronique Prat, La Collection de Georges et Claude Pompidou, Paris 2004, p. 81, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Leo Pajon, La Victoire de Samothrace, Paris 2005, p. 118, illustrated in colour
Sandrine Andrews, Yves Klein à la conquète de l’espace, Paris 2006, p. 26, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le Nouveau Réalisme, 2007, p. 199, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh., Cat., Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, Kunst der Gegenwart/1960 bis 2007, 2007, n.p. illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Zurich, Galerie Gmurzynska, Yves Klein - The Venus Project, 2014, p. 34, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Giovanni Lista, 'Les sculptures d’Yves Klein et le spatialisme de Lucio Fontana' Ligeia dossiers sur l’art, Paris, Vol. XXVII, no. 129-2, January - July 2014, p. 25, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, n.p., no. S9 (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Yves Klein 1928-1962: A Retrospective, February - May 1982, n.p., no. 92, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Yves Klein, March - May 1983, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, Katalog zur Ausstellung, July - August 1984, p. 107, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Artcurial, Hommage au Président Georges Pompidou un homme de culture, April 1987, p. 28, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Veronique Prat, Douze ans de l’histoire d’Artcurial, Paris 1987, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Nice, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Premier volet des collections, June - October 1990, p. 11, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Claude Fournet, Musées de Nice - Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Paris 1990, p. 31, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Claude Fournet and Jacqueline Peglion, Eds., Chroniques niçoises - Genèse d’un Musée, Nice, 1991, n.p., illsutrated (ed. no. unknown)
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994, p. 247, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Gilles-Francois Picard, Yves Klein ou la Revolution bleue, Paris, 5 December 1997, p. 104, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968, 1998, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue raisonné des éditions, et sculptures éditées, Knokke-Le-Zoute, 2000, n.p., no. S9, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Nicholas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, p. 231, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Marco Livingstone, Pop Art, Paris 2000, p. 54, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Hannah Weitermeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 2, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Veronique Prat, La Collection de Georges et Claude Pompidou, Paris 2004, p. 81, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Leo Pajon, La Victoire de Samothrace, Paris 2005, p. 118, illustrated in colour
Sandrine Andrews, Yves Klein à la conquète de l’espace, Paris 2006, p. 26, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Le Nouveau Réalisme, 2007, p. 199, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh., Cat., Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, Kunst der Gegenwart/1960 bis 2007, 2007, n.p. illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Zurich, Galerie Gmurzynska, Yves Klein - The Venus Project, 2014, p. 34, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Giovanni Lista, 'Les sculptures d’Yves Klein et le spatialisme de Lucio Fontana' Ligeia dossiers sur l’art, Paris, Vol. XXVII, no. 129-2, January - July 2014, p. 25, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Condition
Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is deeper and richer and the catalogue illustration fails to convey the depth of the IKB pigment visible in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals a few unobtrusive, pinprick sized spots of burnishing to the tips of the wings and a minute speck of loss to the underside of the figure, which is likely to be original.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."