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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 5, 2019 | Christie's | London | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 14 | $****** - ****** | Sculpture Éponge bleue sans titre, (SE 244) |
sculpture
54 x 27 x 15.9 cm (21.25 x 10.63 x 6.25 in)
dry pigment and synthetic resin, sponge with metal wire on stone base
signed and dated 'Yves 59' (on the reverse of the base); signed with the artist's initials and dated '59 YK' (on the underside)
Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne.
Helge Achenbach Art, Dusseldorf.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Musée national d’art moderne, Yves Klein, 1983, p. 423, no. 88 (illustrated in colour, p. 118; incorrectly catalogued and titled 'SE90').
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, 1995, p. 284, no. 58 (illustrated in colour, p. 162). This exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Yves Klein, 2004-2005, p. 229, no. 53 (illustrated in colour, p. 103). This exhibition later travelled to Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Herford, MARTA Herford, Things Are Queer: Highlights of Art Collection UniCredit, 2011, pp. 94 & 189 (illustrated in colour, p. 95).
Bologna, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, La Grande Magia: Opere scelte dalla Collezione UniCredit, 2013-2014, p. 210 (illustrated in colour, pp. 29 & 76).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962, Cologne 1995 (installation view illustrated in colour, p. 44).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (installation view illustrated in colour, p. 45).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962, Cologne 2016 (installation view illustrated in colour, p. 44).
signed and dated 'Yves 59' (on the reverse of the base); signed with the artist's initials and dated '59 YK' (on the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin, sponge with metal wire on stone base
21 ¼ x 10 5/8 x 6 ¼in. (54 x 27 x 16cm.)
Executed in 1959
