LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pigment and synthetic resin on linen mounted on board

Size Notes:

30 5/8 x 21 7/8 in. (77.8 x 55.6 cm)

Edition:

Executed in 1957, this work is registered in the Yves Klein Archives under the number IKB 267 and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Rotraut Klein Moquay.

Description:

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Condition:

The work is in very good condition. The linen, four-member strainer and attachments appear to be in good condition. There are a few fine cracks with associated small losses to the lower right and lower left corners, and a few fine cracks with associated minute loss to the turnover edges in places, not visible from the front. There are a few very fine cracks to the extreme lower horizontal edge, visible only upon very close inspection. There is a very small surface inconsistency with associated minute cracking and a few very faint abrasions to the extreme lower right horizontal edge, visible under extreme raking light. There are a few pinpoint accretions in places, and minor burnishing to a few of the raised ridges in places, visible only upon close inspection. When examined under ultraviolet light, small spots at the lower left and lower right corners, consistent with the aforementioned losses, a few pinpoint spots to the extreme lower left vertical edge, and extreme upper and lower horizontal edges fluoresce.

Exhibited:

London, Gallery One, Yves Klein, 1960
Cologne, Museum Ludwig (no. 22, p. 283, illustrated, p. 86); London, Hayward Gallery (no. 22, p. 282, illustrated, p. 86); Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (no. 24, p. 283, illustrated, p. 86; erroneously numbered as no. 22, p. 86), Yves Klein, November 8, 1994–August 29, 1995
Museo d'Arte Moderna della Città di Lugano, Passioni d'Arte da Picasso a Warhol. Capolavori del collezionismo in Ticino, September 22–December 8, 2002, pp. 220, 318 (illustrated, p. 221)

Literature:

Matthias Koddenberg, ed., Yves Klein: in/out studio, Dortmund, 2016, p. 300 (illustrated, p. 85)

Provenance:

Gallery One (Victor Musgrave), London<br />Illa & Josef Kodicek, London (acquired from the above circa 1960) <br />The Kodicek Collection of Modern Pictures, Christie's, London, June 23, 1993, lot 329<br />Acquired at the above sale by the present owner