Lot 154
  • 154

Yves Klein

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • S20 - L'esclave mourant d'après Michel-Ange
  • signé R.Klein-Moquay et numéroté 93/300 sur une étiquette apposée sous la base
  • pigment bleu IKB et résine sur plâtre
  • 60 x 18 x 16 cm; 23 5/8 x 7 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.
  • Conçue en 1962, cette oeuvre a été exécutée en 1992 dans une édition à 300 exemplaires.

Provenance

Vente : Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 22 mars 1998, lot 85 bis
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Literature

Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein – Catalogue Raisonné des éditions et sculptures, Paris, 2000, p.248, illustré en couleur

Condition

This work is in very good condition. In a plexiglas box. Some surface dust is visible.
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Catalogue Note

signed R.Klein-Moquay and numbered 93/300 on a label affixed on the base; blue IKB pigment and resin on plaster. Conceived in 1962, this work has been executed in 1992 in an edition of 300 examples.