Yves Klein (1928 - 1962), Monochrome & La Terre Bleue

Yves Klein (1928 - 1962), Monochrome. Photo Sotheby's

pure pigment and synthetic resin on cartoline; 21.5 by 17.8cm.; 8 1/2 by 7in. Executed in 1959.. ESTIMATE 60,000-80,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 73,250 GBP

Yves Klein (1928 - 1962), La Terre Bleue. Photo Sotheby's

embossed with the star on the base and numbered 72/300 on a label affixed to the underside; dry IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast; 35.5 by 29.5 by 28cm.; 14 by 11 5/8 by 11in. Conceived in 1957, this work was cast in 1990 in an edition of 300 plus 50 hors commerce, edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.  ESTIMATE 10,000-15,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 25,000 GBP

LITERATURE: Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, p. 137, no. RP7, illustration of the original cast

Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue Raisonné des Editions et Sculptures, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, p. 242, no. RP7, illustration of another cast in colour

Sotheby's. Contemporary Art Auction, 30 june 2011, London www.sothebys.com