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Victoire de Samothrace
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Victoire de Samothrace
incised with the artist's initials and dated 'YK 62' (on the right wing); numbered twice '132/175' (on the reverse and the underside of the stone)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster with a metal and stone base
19¾ x 10½ x 10in. (50.2 x 26.7 x 25.4cm.)
Executed in 1962, this work is number one hundred and thirty-two from an edition of one hundred and seventy-five plus twenty-five HC edited by Galerie Karl Finkler LC, Paris.
Victoire de Samothrace
incised with the artist's initials and dated 'YK 62' (on the right wing); numbered twice '132/175' (on the reverse and the underside of the stone)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster with a metal and stone base
19¾ x 10½ x 10in. (50.2 x 26.7 x 25.4cm.)
Executed in 1962, this work is number one hundred and thirty-two from an edition of one hundred and seventy-five plus twenty-five HC edited by Galerie Karl Finkler LC, Paris.
Provenance
Galerie Karl Flinker LC, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1973.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1973.
Literature
Yves Klein 1928-1962, A Retrospective, exh. cat., Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1982, no. 92 (another from the edition illustrated in colour).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris, 1982, p. 235 (another from the edition illustrated).
J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures édités, Knokke-le-Zoute, 2000, pp. 228-229 (another from the edition illustrated in colour).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris, 1982, p. 235 (another from the edition illustrated).
J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures édités, Knokke-le-Zoute, 2000, pp. 228-229 (another from the edition illustrated in colour).
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