Artist: Yves Klein
Title:
Yves Klein
Title: Petite VÉnus Bleue (brooch)
Lot 27 at the auction
Boundless: Contemporary Art
in Hong Kong
on January 19, 2017.
Lot 27 at the auction Boundless: Contemporary Art in Hong Kong on January 19, 2017.
BUY it for: $0.14
(High-Res Derivative Image)
($14,456*0.00001 = $0.14) Estimate: 70,000-90,000 HKD
Sold for 112,500 HKD
Price Point Value $14,456 USD Auctioned on Jan 19 2017
(High-Res Derivative Image)
($14,456*0.00001 = $0.14) Estimate: 70,000-90,000 HKD
Sold for 112,500 HKD
Price Point Value $14,456 USD Auctioned on Jan 19 2017
Description & Provenance & Literature
Yves Klein
1928 - 1962
PETITE VÉNUS BLEUE (BROOCH)
Conceived in 1956-57, executed later, this work is number 379 from an edition of 500.
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered 379/500 on the reverse of the brooch
bronze painted with IKB colour (International Klein Blue)
Brooch: 5.5 by 2.5 cm, 2 1/8 by 1 in.
Box: 12 by 8.5 by 7.5 cm, 4 3/4 by 3 3/8 by 3 in.
stamped with the artist's monogram and numbered 379/500 on the reverse of the brooch
bronze painted with IKB colour (International Klein Blue)
Brooch: 5.5 by 2.5 cm, 2 1/8 by 1 in.
Box: 12 by 8.5 by 7.5 cm, 4 3/4 by 3 3/8 by 3 in.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Mrs Rotraut Klein-Moquay and by its original box covered with gold leaf.
Provenance
Galerie Stephane Klein, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Diane Venet, Bijoux d'Artistes de Picasso à Jeff Koons, Skira Flammarion Ed., Paris, 2011, p.183
