LOT DETAILS

Materials:

dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on natural sponges, metal stem and stone base

Measurements:

44.37 in. (112.70 cm.) (height)

Literature:

Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, p. 93, illustrated; Vivien Raynor, “Prominent Collection is in Atheneum’s Spotlight,” The New York Times, March 4, 1984 (text); Hannah Weitemeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962, International Klein Blue, Cologne, 1995, p. 45, illustrated in color and illustrated (with the artist in his studio in 1959); Kathleen L. Housley, Emily Hall Tremaine: Collector on the Cusp, Meriden, 2001, pp. 151-153 (text)

Provenance:

The Artist; Galerie Iris Clert, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Meriden, Connecticut (acquired from the above in 1959); Collection of Sidney Janis, New York (acquired from the above in 1986) ; Thence by descent to the present owner