ID 1437494
Lot 14 | YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
La Terre bleue (RP 7) (The Blue Earth (RP 7))
incised with the artist's monogram (lower edge); numbered '184/300' (on a label affixed to the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
13 ¾ x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (35 x 18 x 18 cm.)
Conceived in 1957 and executed in 1990, this work is number one hundred and eighty four from an edition by Jean-Paul Ledeur, of three hundred plus fifty hors-commerce.
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. RP 7 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 137).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 226).
J-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, pp. 243-247 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 242).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001, p. 94 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 83).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Yves Klein, 1983, p. 421, no. 56 (another from the edition exhibited; incorrectly dated '1961', illustrated in colour, p. 109).
Seibu Takanawa, The Museum of Modern Art, Yves Klein, 1985-1986, pp. 17 and 151, no. 7 (another from the edition exhibited; incorrectly dated '1961'). This exhibition later travelled to Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art; Fukushima, Iwaki City of Art Museum and Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art.
Southampton, John Hansard Gallery, Refusing to Surface: Art and the Transfiguration of the Ordinary, 1992-1993, p. 1 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated on the front cover). This exhibition later travelled to Birmingham, IKON Gallery.
London, South London Gallery, Refusing to Surface: Art and the Transfiguration of the Ordinary, 1993 (another from the edition exhibited).
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, 1994-1995, p. 287, no. 106 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, Yves Klein, 2009 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 149).
Artist: | Yves Klein (1928 - 1962) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Artist: | Yves Klein (1928 - 1962) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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