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Vénus Bleue (S 41) (Blue Venus (S 41))
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Vénus Bleue (S 41) (Blue Venus (S 41))
incised with the artist's monogram and numbered '292/300' (lower edge); stamped with the artist's name, titled and numbered again 'VENUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 292/300' (on the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3/8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (69.5 x 30 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982, this work is number two hundred ninety-two from an edition of three hundred numbered 1/300 to 300/300 plus fifty hors-commerce proofs numbered HC I/L to HC L/L and three copies stamped with the monogram numbered 001/003 to 003/003
Vénus Bleue (S 41) (Blue Venus (S 41))
incised with the artist's monogram and numbered '292/300' (lower edge); stamped with the artist's name, titled and numbered again 'VENUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 292/300' (on the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 3/8 x 11 ¾ x 7 7/8in. (69.5 x 30 x 20cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982, this work is number two hundred ninety-two from an edition of three hundred numbered 1/300 to 300/300 plus fifty hors-commerce proofs numbered HC I/L to HC L/L and three copies stamped with the monogram numbered 001/003 to 003/003
Provenance
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 8 February 2001, lot 208.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 8 February 2001, lot 208.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S 41 (original plaster cast illustrated, p. 100).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 204).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, 1983 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997, no. 66 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 79).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated in colour p. 234).
Yves Klein, La Vie, La Vie Elle-Même qui est l'Art Absolu, exh. cat., Nice, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, 2000-2001(another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 182).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 25).
B. Corà and D. Moquay (eds.), Yves Klein, exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, 2009 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 180).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 204).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, 1983 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997, no. 66 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 79).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, no. S 41 (another from the edition illustrated in colour p. 234).
Yves Klein, La Vie, La Vie Elle-Même qui est l'Art Absolu, exh. cat., Nice, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, 2000-2001(another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 182).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 25).
B. Corà and D. Moquay (eds.), Yves Klein, exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, 2009 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 180).
Exhibited
Cologne, Museum Ludwig and Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Yves Klein, 1994-1995, p. 285, no. 111 (another from the edition exhibited & illustrated in colour, p. 247). This exhibition later travelled to London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
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