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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2024 | Vénus Bleue (S 41) | 2 | Christie's | New York | |||
sculpture
68.9 x 31.8 x 25.1 cm (27.13 x 12.5 x 9.88 in)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
stamped with the star and numbered "228/300" (on the lower edge); stamped with the artist"s name, title and numbered again "VENUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 228/300" (on the underside)
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein , November 1994-January 1995, p. 247, no. 111 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Musée d"art Moderne et d"Art Contemporain de Nice and Museo Pecci Prato, Yves Klein, La Vie, la Vie Elle-Même qui est l"Art Absolu , April 2000-January 2001, pp. 183 and 251 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Museo d"Arte di Lugano, Yves Klein , May-September 2009, pp. 180-181 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
P. Wember, Yves Klein , Cologne, 1969, p. 100, no. S 41 (original plaster cast illustrated).
P. Restany, Yves Klein , New York, 1982, p. 204 (another example illustrated).
Yves Klein , exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d"art moderne, 1983, n.p., no. 109.
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig, travelling exhibition, 1994-1995, p. 247, no. 111 (another example illustrated).
Yves Klein , exh. cat., Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997-1998, p. 79, no. 66 (another example illustrated).
Yves Klein , exh. cat., Lisbon, Galeria António Prates, 1998, p. 5 (another example illustrated).
J. P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures , Paris, 2000, pp. 234-235, no. S 41 (another example illustrated).
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, p. 182 (another example illustrated).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue , Cologne, 2001, pp. 25 and 92 (another example illustrated).
Marie Raymond-Yves Klein , exh. cat., Musée des beaux-arts d"Angers, 2004-2005, pp. 192-193, fig. 227 (another example illustrated).
Yves Klein , exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d"Arte della Città di Lugano, 2009, p. 180 (another example illustrated).
YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)
Vénus Bleue (S 41)
stamped with the star and numbered "228/300" (on the lower edge); stamped with the artist"s name, title and numbered again "VENUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN 228/300" (on the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 1/8 x 12 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (69.5 x 30 x 20 cm.)
Conceived in 1962 and executed posthumously in 1982 by the Bonnier Gallery, Geneva. This work is number two hundred twenty-eight from an edition of three-hundred plus fifty hors-commerce numbered I/L to L/L and 3 copies numbered 001 to 003.
