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Victoire de Samothrace
Details
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Victoire de Samothrace
numbered twice '23/175' (on the reverse and underside of the base)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster reproduction of the Louvre's Nike of Samothrace, metal rod and stone base
19 7/8 x 10 x 14 1/8in (50.5 x 25.5 x 36cm.) including base
This work is number twenty-three from an edition of one hundred and seventy-five plus twenty-five HC, each mounted on bases using different stones. The edition was published by Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, in 1973, based on the original work, which was executed in 1962
Victoire de Samothrace
numbered twice '23/175' (on the reverse and underside of the base)
dry blue pigment in synthetic resin on plaster reproduction of the Louvre's Nike of Samothrace, metal rod and stone base
19 7/8 x 10 x 14 1/8in (50.5 x 25.5 x 36cm.) including base
This work is number twenty-three from an edition of one hundred and seventy-five plus twenty-five HC, each mounted on bases using different stones. The edition was published by Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, in 1973, based on the original work, which was executed in 1962
Provenance
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S9 (prototype illustrated, p. 97).
Yves Klein 1928-1962. A Retrospective, exh. cat., Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1982, no. 92 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 170).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 235).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art: A Continuing History, London 1990, no. 67 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994, no. 112 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 247).
G. Perlein and B. Corà, Yves Klein. Long Live the Immaterial, New York 2000 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 182).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein. Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited/Catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Knokke-Zoute 2000 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 228).
Yves Klein 1928-1962. A Retrospective, exh. cat., Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1982, no. 92 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 170).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 235).
M. Livingstone, Pop Art: A Continuing History, London 1990, no. 67 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Ostfildern-Ruit 1994, no. 112 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 247).
G. Perlein and B. Corà, Yves Klein. Long Live the Immaterial, New York 2000 (prototype illustrated in colour, p. 182).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein. Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited/Catalogue des éditions et des sculptures éditées, Knokke-Zoute 2000 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 228).
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