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Yves Klein (1928-1962)

Lot 219
29.06.2022 12:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 219 | Yves Klein (1928-1962)
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Yves Klein (1928-1962)

L'Esclave mourant d'après Michel-Ange

signé, titré et numéroté 'Yves Klein S 20 ''l'esclave mourant d'après Michel Ange'' 243⁄300' (sur une étiquette sous la base)

pigment IKB et résine synthétique sur moulage en plâtre

59 x 18 x 13 cm.

Conçue en 1962, cette œuvre est une édition posthume de 1992 et porte le numéro deux-cent-quarante-trois d’une édition de trois cents exemplaires et cinquante Hors Commerce.



signed, titled and numbered 'Yves Klein S 20 ''l'esclave mourant d'après Michel Ange'' 243⁄300' (on a label under the base)

IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast

23 1⁄4 x 7 1⁄8 x 5 1⁄8 in.

Conceived in 1962, this work is a posthumous edition executed in 1992 and is number two-hunded-fourty-three from an edition of three hundred and fifty Hors Commerce.





Provenance

Collection privée, France



Literature

P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, No. S 20 (l'épreuve d'origine illustrée p. 98).

J-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées, Knokke, 2000, pp. 249-253, No. S 20 (un autre exemplaire illustré en couleurs p. 248).

N. Charlet et P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000 (un autre exemplaire illustré en couleurs).

R. Fleck, Marie Raymond, Yves Klein, Angers, 2004, No. 224 (un autre exemplaire illustré en couleurs p. 190).



Exhibited

Cologne, Musée Ludwig et Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, novembre-janvier; Londres, Hayward Gallery, février-avril; Madrid, Museo National Centre de Arte de Reina Sofía, mai-août, Yves Klein, 1994-1995, p. 286, No. 113 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 247).

Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst, avril-août; Tampere, Sara Hilden Art Museum, septembre-novembre; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, décembre-mars, Yves Klein, 1997-1998, p. 213, No. 64 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 77).

Lugano, Museo d'Arte, Yves Klein, mai-septembre 2009 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré en couleurs pp. 180-181).

Madrid, Circulo de bellas arte, Marie Raymond - Yves Klein Herencias, octobre 2009-janvier 2010, p. 208 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 162).

Hanovre, Sprengel Museum, Nouveau Réalisme Revolution des Alltäglichen, septembre 2007-janvier 2008, No. 133 (un autre exemplaire exposé et illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 199).



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Artist:Yves Klein (1928 - 1962)
Applied technique:Mixed media
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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