Yves Klein (1928-1962), Four Bleu @ Christie's. Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Auction, 15 October 2010, London

Yves Klein (1928-1962) , Untitled. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010

stamps, 3 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (8.5 x 11cm.). Executed circa 1957-59 - Estimate £15,000 - £20,000 - Price Realized £20,000

Provenance: Quelques Klein de la Collection Jean-Paul Ledeur Le Gardien du Bleu sale, Pierre Bergé et Asssociés Paris, 25 November 2005, lot 127.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature: J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures édites, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000 (illustrated in colour, p. 49).

Yves Klein (1928-1962), Monochrome bleu. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010

signed and dated 'Yves Klein 57' (on the reverse), dry pigment in synthetic resin on wood; 21 5/8 x 1¼ x 1in. (55 x 3 x 2.5cm.). Painted in 1957 - Estimate £50,000 - £70,000 - Unsold

Provenance: Galería Theo, Madrid.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1991.

Yves Klein (1928-1962), La Vénus d'Alexandrie (Vénus bleue). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010

with the edition stamp and numbered 'XXXXIX/L (on the underside), dry blue pigment in synthetic resin plaster; 26in. (68cm.) high - Estimate £30,000 - £50,000 - Unsold

Conceived in 1962, this work is hors commerce number fourty-nine from an edition of three hundred plus fifty HC plus three edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva in 1962

Provenance: Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature: P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. S 41 (the original plaster illustrated, p. 100).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris 1982, no. S 41 (another cast illustrated, p. 204).
S. Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart 1994 (another cast illustrated, p. 247).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, catalogue des éditions et des sculptures édites, Paris 2000, no. S 41 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 234).

Notes: This work is based on the Louvre's Aphrodite of Cnide.

Yves Klein (1928-1962), Untitled. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010

envelope and letter, 4 3/8 x 4 5/8in. (11 x 11.7cm.). Executed circa 1957-59 - Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 - Unsold

Provenance: Quelques Klein de la Collection Jean-Paul Ledeur Le Gardien du Bleu sale, Pierre Bergé et Asssociés Paris, 25 November 2005, lot 128.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature: J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue raisonné des éditions et sculptures édites, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000 (stamps illustrated in colour, p. 48).

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