YVES KLEIN (1928-1962) - photo 1
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YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)

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28.02.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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ID 908016
Lot 35 | YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)
YVES KLEIN (1928-1962)

Sculpture éponge bleue sans titre (SE 328)

dry pigment and synthetic resin on natural sponge, metal rod and stone base

sculpture: 13 3/4 x 11 x 4 3/4in. (35 x 28 x 12cm.)

base: 4 1/4 x 7 x 7 1/8in. (10.8 x 17.8 x 18cm.)

overall: 18 x 11 3/8 x 7 1/8in. (45.8 x 29cm x 18cm.)

Executed circa 1959





Provenance

Collection of Hanns Hülsberg, Hagen.

Private Collection, Germany.

Anon. sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz Cologne, 17 June 2021, lot 11.

Private Collection, Europe.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

Yves Klein, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, 1983 (studio view illustrated, p. 336).

H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (studio view illustrated, p. 45).

O. Berggruen, M. Hollein, I. Pfeiffer (eds.), Yves Klein, exh. cat., Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, 2004 (studio view illustrated, p. 98; installation view at Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, illustrated p. 78).

Yves Klein: A Career Survey, exh. cat., New York, L&M Arts, 2005 (studio view illustrated, p. 26).

B. Corà and D. Moquay (eds.), Yves Klein, exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d’Arte della Città di Lugano, 2009 (studio view illustrated, pp. 150-151).

D. Horowitz (ed.), Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2010 (studio view illustrated, p. 143).

M. Koddenberg (ed.), Yves Klein: in/out studio, Dortmund 2016 (studio view illustrated, pp. 110-111).

V. Schmitz-Grucker, 'Yves Klein: In Search of Infinity', in La Gazette Drouot, 10 June 2021 (detail illustrated in colour).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Iris Clert, Bas-reliefs dans une forêt d'éponges, 1959.

Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Yves Klein: Monochrome und Feuer, 1961, no. 44.



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Artist:Yves Klein (1928 - 1962)
Medium:Plastic, Resin
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Painting
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