Lot 189
  • 189

Yves Klein

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yves Klein
  • Table d'Or
  • signed by Rotraut Klein-Moquay and numbered 07-AI-E-16 on a label affixed to the underside
  • 22-karat gold leaf, plexiglass, glass and steel
  • 38.1 by 125.7 by 101.5 cm. 15 by 49 1/2 by 40 in.
  • This work is from an edition begun in 1963 under the supervision of Rotraut Klein-Moquay, based on a 1961 model by Yves Klein.

Provenance

Tête à Tête Arts, Paris
Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, p.53 (text)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition/ Extremely close inspection a very thin, stable and unobtrusive crack to one of the corner tips.
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