Yves Klein (1928-1962), Venus Bleue, (S 41)

Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Venus Bleue, (S 41)
numbered 'HC V/L' on the reverse
dry pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
27 1/8 x 12 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (69.5 x 30 x 20 cm.)
Conceived in 1962. Executed posthumously in 1982 by the Bonnier Gallery, Geneva, this work is hors-commerce number V from an edition of 300, plus 50 hors-commerce numbered I/L to L/L and 3 copies numbered 001 to 003.

Provenance
The Collection of Aviva & Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Paris
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 December 2016, lot 11
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, no. S 41 (illustrated).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York, 1982, p. 204 (illustrated).
Yves Klein, exh. cat., Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997, p. 79, no. 66 (illustrated).
J. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue Raisonne of Editions and Sculptures, Paris, 2000, S41, p. 234 (illustrated).
R. Fleck, Marie Raymond-Yves Klein, exh. cat., Angers, 2004-2005, p. 193 (illustrated).

Exhibited
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Yves Klein, November 1994-January 1995, p. 247, no. 111 (illustrated).
Musee 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. 182 (another example illustrated and exhibited).
Museo d'Arte di Lugano, 'Yves Klein', May-September 2009, p. 180 (another example illustrated and exhibited).