Lot 15
  • 15

Yves Klein

Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • MP 13
  • dry pigment and synthetic resin on canvas laid down on plywood
  • 47 5/8 x 36 5/8 in. 121 x 93 cm.
  • Painted circa 1960.

Provenance

Rotraut Klein-Moquay, Paris
Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 1970

Exhibited

Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Wendepunkt: Kunst in Europa um 1960, May - July 1980, cat. no. 26
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, November 1983 - April 1984, cat. no. 189, p. 28, illustrated in color
Krefeld, Museen Haus Esters und Haus Lange, Im Weißen Raum: Lucio Fontana und Yves Klein, November 1994 - February 1995, cat. no. 8, illustrated in color

 

Literature

Paul Wember, Yves Klein: Werkverzeichnis, Ausstellungsverzeichnis, Cologne, 1969, p. 75

Condition

This painting is in excellent condition. The canvas is mounted to a wood board, painted white, under a Plexiglas box frame. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at 212-606-7254 for a condition report prepared by Terrence Mahon.
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