Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings
Monday, 21 November 2011, 06:00 pm
Lot 6
Yves Klein, 1928-1962 (FR)
Victoire de Samothrace, 1962/1973
Multiple. Blue pigemet on synthetic resin cast over gesso, on metal and stone base.
With base: H 495 mm W 265 mm D 255 mm.
On the wing incised monogram and dating. Numbered on the base: 40/175.
| CHF | 50'000 / 70'000 |
| EUR | 43'000 / 60'000 |
| USD | 54'000 / 75'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 60'000
Annotation:
Provenance: Galerie Gimpel, Hannover;
Swiss private property.
Literature:
Paul Wember. Yves Klein, Monographie zur zeitgenössichen Kunst. Schauberg, Verlag M. DuMont, 1969. S 9, page 97, illustration of the original sculpture from 1962;
Pierre Restany. Yves Klein. Paris. o.A., 1982, page 235, illustration of a different copy;
Jean-Paul Ledeur. Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées. Knokke-le-Zoute, Guy Pieters Editeur, 2000.
Pages 228-229, color illustration of a different copy.
Annotation: The work is out of an edition of 175 copies + 25 HC, published by the Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1973. The same named sculpture conceived in 1962 was the model for this work.