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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, California
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Vénus D'Alexandrie (Vénus bleue)
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
La Vénus D'Alexandrie (Vénus bleue)
incised with artist's insignia and numbered '92/300' (on the reverse); titled and numbered again 'VÉNUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 92/300' on the underside)
IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
26½ x 10 x 11 in. (67.3 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1982.
La Vénus D'Alexandrie (Vénus bleue)
incised with artist's insignia and numbered '92/300' (on the reverse); titled and numbered again 'VÉNUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 92/300' on the underside)
IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
26½ x 10 x 11 in. (67.3 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1982.
Provenance
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Literature
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York, 1982, p. 204 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, 1997, p. 79, no. 66 (another example illustrated in color).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 234, no. S41 (illustrated in color).
N. Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, p. 231 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, La Vie, la vie elle-même qui est l'art absolu, exh. cat., Nice, 2000-2001, p. 183 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, 1997, p. 79, no. 66 (another example illustrated in color).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 234, no. S41 (illustrated in color).
N. Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, p. 231 (another example illustrated in color).
Yves Klein, La Vie, la vie elle-même qui est l'art absolu, exh. cat., Nice, 2000-2001, p. 183 (another example illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, November 1994-January 1995, pp. 247 and 285, no. 111 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
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Jennifer Yum