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Yves Klein

Petite Vénus bleue, 2001

$ 10,098

Yves Klein Petite Vénus bleue, 2001

Name: Petite Vénus bleue
Brand: Artsper
SKU: 467179
Price: 8000 EUR
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About the work

Medium

Sculpture : bronze, gold leaf
Dimensions cm | inch

6.2 x 2.4 x 0.1 cm 2.4 x 0.9 x 0 inch
Support

Sculpture sold with Plexiglas box pedestal
Dimensions of pedestal: 12 x 8.5 x 7 cm 4.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 inch
Type

Numbered and limited to 500 copies
1 remaining copy
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Work sold with an invoice from the gallery
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Artwork sold in perfect condition

Little Blue Venus, 1956/57 - 2001 Blue pigment on gilded bronze. Jewel conforming to the original work of Yves Klein numbered on the back and bears the star monogram of Yves Klein on the back of the jewel. Plexiglas and gold leaf casing. Designed and produced by Yves Klein between 1956 and 1957, the 500-piece edition was published by TAT Arts & Stéphane Klein in 2001. A similar copy is reproduced in the Catalog raisonné of Éditions et sculptures de Monsieur Jean-Paul Ledeur, Éditions Guy Pieters, page 296.
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Origin: Belgium
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Themes: Nude

Colours: Sculpture Yellow , Sculpture Dark blue

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Yves Klein

France Born in: 1928 Masterpieces

Yves Klein is a French visual artist who was born in Nice on 28th April 1928 and died in Paris on 6th July 1962. Coming from a family of artists, he did not intend to become an artist and studied to become an officer of the merchant navy. From 1948 until 1952 he made numerous trips; to Europe but mainly to Japan, where he developed a passion for judo and became a 4th dan black belt. In 1955 he even created his own judo school which would close a year later due to financial difficulties. A self-taught artist, he began painting monochromes in the late 1940s.

In 1956, he created International Klein Blue (IKB); the famous “Klein blue", a shade which to him represented the most perfect expression of blue. The same year, his reputation began to grow thanks to the exhibition “Yves, Propositions monochromes" in Paris. Then he presented “Proposte monochrome, epoca blu" in Milan, an exhibition composed of eleven identical blue paintings.

He has become world-renowned and is considered one of the fathers of New Realism with Arman and Pierre Restany. He has experimented with many techniques, including “living brushes", where models covered in paint were applied directly to the canvas to create an artwork during a public performance. From 1961, he started a series of fire paintings with the aim of printing the traces of fire onto different supports. His works are often ephemeral: releasing Klein blue balloons, or a gallery painted entirely blue… His material works are only the surface of his approach, they highlight the invisible, the immaterial.

He introduced two new colors in addition to blue in his work: pink and gold. The union of his three colors together in a work seeks to connect the body and the spirit. This semi-religious iconography is intended to allow each of us to explore the unknown beyond.

Despite a very short career, today he is considered one of the greatest representatives of French and international contemporary art. Not hesitating to perform in his art, Yves Klein himself participates in the construction of his legend, as evidenced by his collaboration with numerous photographers and directors. Furthermore, in addition to an exceptional œuvre, he leaves behind a large number of astutely written works.