Yves Klein Table Monogold™
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
Table Monogold™
signed R.Klein-Moquay and numbered 08 DE-ENO on a label affixed to the underside
3000 gold leaves, Plexiglas, wood and chrome metal-plated legs
39.2 by 100 by 125.3 cm; 15 3/8 by 39 3/8 by 49 3/8
Conceived in 1961, this work is part of an edition started in 1963 under the supervision of Rotraut Klein-Moquay after a model by Yves Klein.
Condition Report:
Minor wear with some associated light scattered surface scratches are visible upon close inspection on the Plexiglass, the glass top and the steel legs, all consistent with normal usage and age. The short side of the table has been professionally restored and one of the corners on the opposite side appears to have prior restoration.
Catalogue Note:
Sotheby's would like to thank the Yves Klein Foundation for their assistance in the cataloguing of the present lot.
Provenance:
Galerie Fabien Boulakia , Paris, France
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008
Private collection, United Kingdom
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Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
Table Monogold™
signed R.Klein-Moquay and numbered 08 DE-ENO on a label affixed to the underside
3000 gold leaves, Plexiglas, wood and chrome metal-plated legs
39.2 by 100 by 125.3 cm; 15 3/8 by 39 3/8 by 49 3/8
Conceived in 1961, this work is part of an edition started in 1963 under the supervision of Rotraut Klein-Moquay after a model by Yves Klein.
Condition Report:
Minor wear with some associated light scattered surface scratches are visible upon close inspection on the Plexiglass, the glass top and the steel legs, all consistent with normal usage and age. The short side of the table has been professionally restored and one of the corners on the opposite side appears to have prior restoration.
Catalogue Note:
Sotheby's would like to thank the Yves Klein Foundation for their assistance in the cataloguing of the present lot.
Provenance:
Galerie Fabien Boulakia , Paris, France
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008
Private collection, United Kingdom
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