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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 10, 2024 | Christie's | London | Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale | 397 | $****** - ****** | Sculpture éponge bleue sans titre (SE 287) (Untitled Blue Sponge Sculpture (SE 287)) | |||
Oct 7, 2020 | Christie's | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale | 336 | $****** - ****** | Untitled Blue Sponge Sculpture (SE 256) | |||
Nov 27, 2019 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Contemporary Art I | 307 | $****** - ****** | Éponge SE 253 | |||
Oct 4, 2019 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 192 | $****** - ****** | UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE, (SE 300) | |||
Jun 27, 2018 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 146 | $****** - ****** | UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE, (SE 322) | |||
Jun 7, 2018 | Sotheby's | Paris | Art Contemporain Day Sale | 102 | $****** - ****** | SCULPTURE-BLUE SPONGE, UNTITLED (SE 320) | |||
Mar 8, 2018 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 112 | $****** - ****** | UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 303) | |||
Nov 17, 2017 | Christie's | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session | 698 | $****** - ****** | Untitled blue Sponge Sculpture, (SE 318) | |||
May 19, 2017 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 224 | $****** - ****** | UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 307) | |||
Jun 7, 2016 | Sotheby's | Paris | Art Contemporain | 101 | $****** - ****** | Sculpture-eponge bleue, sans titre (Se 311) | |||
Jun 7, 2016 | Sotheby's | Paris | Art Contemporain | 102 | $****** - ****** | Sculpture-eponge bleue, sans titre (Se 310) | |||
Dec 7, 2015 | Auctionata | Berlin | 100 Masterworks | 84 | $****** - ****** | Éponge SE 253 | |||
Nov 12, 2015 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 195 | $****** - ****** | Untitled blue sponge-sculpture (Se 287) | |||
Jul 2, 2015 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 133 | $****** - ****** | Untitled Blue Sponge-sculpture (Se 223) | |||
Jul 2, 2015 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 166 | $****** - ****** | Untitled Blue Sponge-sculpture (Se 277) | |||
Feb 11, 2015 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 107 | $****** - ****** | UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 307) | |||
Dec 6, 2014 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Nach 1945 / Zeitgenössische Kunst | 818 | $****** - ****** | Éponge | |||
Nov 4, 2014 | Christie's | Amsterdam | Post-War and Contemporary Art | 54 | Estimates not disclosed | Sculpture Éponge Bleue Sans Titre (SE 297) | |||
Nov 27, 2013 | Kunsthaus Lempertz | Cologne | Zeitgenössische Kunst | 721 | $****** - ****** | Ohne Titel (Se 301) | |||
Nov 20, 2013 | Millon & Associes | Paris | Art Contemporain | 190 | $****** - ****** | Éponge SE253 | |||
Jun 6, 2013 | Van Ham | Cologne | Moderne Kunst / Zeitgenössische Kunst | 106 | $****** - ****** | Eponge Bleue SE 253 | |||
Mar 20, 2013 | Millon & Associes | Paris | Art Contemporain | 98 | $****** - ****** | Éponge SE 289 | |||
Feb 13, 2013 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 101 | $****** - ****** | SE 255 | |||
Dec 8, 2012 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Zeitgenössische Kunst/Kunst nach 1945 | 250 | $****** - ****** | Éponge SE 289 | |||
Oct 13, 2012 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 149 | $****** - ****** | Eponge Se 289 | |||
Jun 28, 2012 | Phillips | London | Contemporary Art Evening | 27 | $****** - ****** | Petit Éponge SE 253 | |||
Jun 26, 2012 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 1 | $****** - ****** | Untitled | |||
Feb 16, 2012 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 195 | $****** - ****** | Eponge (SE 253) | |||
Jun 28, 2011 | Phillips | London | Contemporary Art Day Sale | 191 | $****** - ****** | Eponge Bleue SE296, | |||
Dec 8, 2009 | Sotheby's | Paris | Contemporary Art | 138 | $****** - ****** | SE 290 | |||
May 27, 2009 | Sotheby's | Paris | Contemporary Art | 1 | $****** - ****** | Se 287 | |||
May 27, 2009 | Sotheby's | Paris | Contemporary Art | 103 | $****** - ****** | Se 286 | |||
May 27, 2009 | Christie's | Paris | Art d'Apres-Guerre et Contemporain | 108 | $****** - ****** | Eponge |
sculpture
6.3 x 7 x 4.5 cm (2.5 x 2.75 x 1.75 in)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on natural sponge
Paul and Tomma Wember, Krefeld (acquired directly from the artist in 1961).
Their sale, Sotheby"s Paris, 27 May 2009, lot 1.
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Sotheby"s New York, 12 November 2015, lot 195.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)
Sculpture éponge bleue sans titre (SE 287) (Untitled Blue Sponge Sculpture (SE 287))
dry pigment and synthetic resin on natural sponge
2 ½ x 2 ¾ x 1 ¾in. (6.5 x 7 x 4.4cm.)
Executed in 1961
