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Artist or Maker: YVES KLEIN 1928 - 1962

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Date: Conceived in 1962, and cast in 1982, this work is number 93 from an edition of 300, plus 50 Hors Commerces and was edited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.

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Description: VÉNUS BLEUE
stamped with the artist's name, title and numbered 93/300 on the underside

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Medium: pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast

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Dimensions: 27 1/4 by 11 3/4 by 7 7/8 in. 69 by 30 by 20 cm.

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Provenance: Estate of Lew Geyser, Chicago
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
Acquired by the present owner from the above

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Exhibited: Lugano, Museo d'Arte, Yves Klein, May - September 2009, p. 180, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

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Published: Paul Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, no. S41, p. 100, illustrated
Pierre Restany, Yves Klein, Paris, 1982, p. 204, illustrated
Sidra Stich, Yves Klein, Stuttgart, 1984, p. 247, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig (and traveling), Yves Klein, 1994, no. 111, p. 247, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Oslo, National Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Yves Klein, 1997, no. 66, p. 79, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Lisbon, Galeria António Prates, Yves Klein, 1998, p. 5, illustrated in color
Jeanne-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue Raisonné des Editions et Sculptures, Knokke-le-Zoute, 2000, no. S41, p. 234, illustrated in color
Nicolas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, pp. 183 and 231, illustrated in color
Hannah Weitemeier, Yves Klein, 1928 - 1962, International Klein Blue, Cologne, 2001, p. 25, illustrated in color

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