Yves Klein
La Vénus d’Alexandrie (Vénus bleue) (S 41)
incised with the artist's monogram and numbered 120/300 (lower edge); stamped with the artist's name, titled and numbered 120/300 (on the underside)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 ⅜ by 11 ¾ by 7 ⅞ in.
69.5 by 30 by 20 cm.
Conceived in 1962 and executed in 1982.
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Details
incised with the artist's monogram and numbered 120/300 (lower edge); stamped with the artist's name, titled and numbered 120/300 (on the underside)
27 ⅜ by 11 ¾ by 7 ⅞ in.
69.5 by 30 by 20 cm.
Provenance
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva
Private Collection, New York
Armand Bartos Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Montreal
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S41, p. 100 (original plaster cast illustrated)
Pierre Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982, p. 204, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Yves Klein, March - May 1983, n.p., illustrated in color (unknown example)
Exh. Cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig; London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Yves Klein, November 1994 - August 1995, cat. no. 111, p. 247, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Exh. Cat., Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Yves Klein, April - August 1997, no. 66, p. 79, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Exh. Cat., Lisbon, Galeria António Prates, Yves Klein, 1998, p. 5, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, no. S41, p. 234, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Nicholas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, p. 231, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Exh. Cat., Nice, 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, p. 183, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Hannah Weitermeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 25, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Exh. Cat., Angers, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Yves Klein, November 2004 - February 2005, p. 190 (unknown example)
Elizabeth Prettejohn, Beauty and Art 1750-2000: Oxford History of Art, New York and Oxford 2005, p. 197, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Charles Martindale and Richard Thomas, eds., Classics and the Uses of Reception, 2008, cover, illustrated in color (unknown example)
Exh. Cat., Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, Yves Klein, May - September 2009, p. 180, illustrated in color (unknown example)