LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gold leaf on panel

Measurements:

57.48 in. (146.00 cm.) (height) by 44.88 in. (114.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Yves Klein, April - May 1965, cat. no. 6. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Yves Klein, October - December 1965, cat. no. 24. Stockholm, Moderna Museet, L'Espace intérieur, une exposition concernant un art universel, December 1965 - February 1966, cat. no. 179. Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Yves Klein, March - April 1966, cat. no. 25. New York, The Jewish Museum, Yves Klein, January - March 1967 (incorrect painting illustrated). Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum, Yves Klein, February - March 1968, cat. no. 18. Nürnberg, Institut für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Yves Klein in Nürnberg, April - May 1968, cat. no. 18. Prague, Narodni Galerie, Yves Klein 1928 - 1962, 1968, cat. no. 18. Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Yves Klein 1928 - 1962, January - March 1969. Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Wendepunkt: Kunst in Europa um 1960, May - July 1980, cat. no. 30. Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, November 1983 - April 1984, cat. no. 196, p. 29, illustrated in color. Krefeld, Museen Haus Esters und Haus Lange, Im Weißen Raum: Lucio Fontana und Yves Klein, November 1994 - February 1995, cat. no. 9, illustrated in color

Literature:

Paul Wember, Yves Klein: Werkverzeichnis, Ausstellungsverzeichnis, Cologne, 1969, p. 76, illustrated

Provenance:

Rotraut Klein-Moquay, Paris. Acquired by the present owner from the above in November 1969