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83 - 83. 83AR YVES KLEIN (1928-1962) The Venus of Alexandria (Blu…
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83. 83AR YVES KLEIN (1928-1962) The Venus of Alexandria (Blue Venus, S 41) 1967 stamped with the artist's name, title and number "VENUS BLEUE de Yves KLEIN HC XVI/L" on the underside IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster 68 x 25 x 18 cm. 26 3/4 x 9 13/16 x 7 1/16 in. Conceived in 1962 and produced in 1982 (posthumous multiple edition), this work is number HC XVI of an edition of 300 + 50 HC and 3 resin copies with the artist's monogram. This work is registered in the Yves Klein archives. Madame Françoise Pfyffer-Del Campo was responsible for the creation of the (posthumous) edition of La Vénus d'Alexandrie (Vénus Bleue, S 41), produced in 1982, in collaboration with Galerie Bonnier and in agreement with Madame Rotraut Klein-Moquay (Yves Klein archives). This sculpture has remained in the family of Madame Françoise Pfyffer-Del Campo to this day. Provenance Collection of Françoise Pfyffer-Del Campo, Europe Then by descent to the current owner Exhibitions Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Yves Klein, March - May 1983, n.p., illustrated in colour (another copy) Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Yves Klein, April - August 1997, p. 79, n°66, illustrated in colour (another copy) Cologne, Museum Ludwig; London, Hayward Gallery; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Yves Klein, November 1994 - August 1995, p. 247, n°111, illustrated in colour (another copy) Lisbon, Galeria António Prates, Yves Klein, 1998, p. 5, illustrated in colour (another copy) Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice ; Museo Pecci Prato, Yves Klein, La Vie, La Vie Elle-Même qui est l'Art Absolu, April 2000 - January 2001, p. 183, illustrated in colour (another copy) Angers, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Yves Klein, November 2004 - February 2005, p. 190 (another copy) Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, Yves Klein, May - September 2009, p. 180, illustrated in colour (another copy) Bibliography Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, p. 100, no. S41 (original plaster) Pierre Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982, p. 204, illustrated in colour (another copy) Jean-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonné of Editions and Sculptures, Paris 2000, p. 234, n°S41, illustrated in colour (another copy) Nicholas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris 2000, p. 231, illustrated in colour (another copy) Hannah Weitermeier, Yves Klein, 1928-1962: International Klein Blue, London 2001, p. 25, illustrated in colour (another copy) Elizabeth Prettejohn, Beauty and Art 1750-2000: Oxford History of Art, New York and Oxford 2005, p. 197, illustrated in colour (another copy) Charles Martindale and Richard Thomas, Classics and the Uses of Reception, 2008, illustrated in colour (another copy)
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