Yves Klein (1928-1962), Relief Éponge bleu sans titre (RE 37)

Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Relief Éponge bleu sans titre (RE 37)
signed, inscribed with the artist's star monogram and dated ‘* Yves 59’ (on the reverse)
dry pigment and synthetic resin on natural sponges, on board
10 7/8 x 13 ¾ x 4 1/8in. (27.7 x 35 x 10.4cm.)
Executed in 1959

Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Provenance
Helmut Klinker, Bochum.
Galerie Alfred Schmela, Dusseldorf.
Private Collection, Germany.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2007.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. RE 37 (illustrated, p. 83).