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Lot 196
  • 196

Yves Klein

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • Venus

  • numbered 122/300 and embossed with the artist's star monogram on the wing

  • dry IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast
  • 69 by 30 by 20cm.; 27 1/8 by 11 7/8 by 7 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1962, this works is from an edition of 300.

Provenance

Galerie Leidel, Munich
Acquired directly from the above by the father of the present owner in the early 1990s

Literature

Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, p. 100, no. S 41, illustration of the original cast
Pierre Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, p. 204, illustration of another cast
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1984, p. 247, illustration of another cast in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, 1994, p. 247, no. 111, illustration of another cast in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Oslo, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Yves Klein, 1997, p. 79, no. 66, illustration of another cast in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Lisbon, Galeria António Prates, Yves Klein, 1998, p. 5, illustration of another cast in colour
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue Raisonné des Éditions et Sculptures, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, no. S 41, illustration of another cast in colour
Nicolas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, p. 231, illustration of another cast in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon close inspection, there are a few rub and handling marks to the back of the figure's left leg and in a few places elsewhere, with a few short, fine rub marks to either shoulder.
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