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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 11, 2010 | Christie's | London | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 16 | $****** - ****** | Relief éponge or (RE 47 II) |
paintings
45.5 x 80 x 7.5 cm (17.91 x 31.5 x 2.95 in)
gold leaf, natural sponges, pebbles and synthetic resin on wood panel
signed and dated 'Yves Klein 61' (on the reverse)
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles.
Private Collection, U.S.A. François de Menil, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1980.
Los Angeles, Dwan Gallery, Yves Klein le Monochrome, May-June 1961. Houston, Rice Museum, Yves Klein 1928-1962: A Retrospective, February-May 1982, no. 49 (illustrated in colour, p. 158). This exhibition later travelled to Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, June-August 1982; New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, November 1982-January 1983 and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, February-May 1983. Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Yves Klein: Corps, couleur, immatériel, October 2006-February 2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 84). This exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, March-June 2007.
