Yves Klein

Petite Venus Bleue

1956-57
IKB bronze sculpture in Perspex box with gold leaf.
12 x 9.4 x 7.6 cm (4 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 in).
Inscribed ‘345/500' on the reverse. This work is from an edition of 500 and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000

Sold for £10,625

Contemporary Art Day Sale

30 June 2010
London

101
Iván Navarro
White Electric Chair
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
102
Roni Horn
Key and Cue, No. 895 – a cloud withdrew from the sky
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £85,250
103
Steven Parrino
N.Y.C. H.C. F.T.W (New York City Hardcore Fuck the World)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £49,250
104
Juan Muñoz
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
105
Andy Warhol
Tunafish disaster
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
106
Charles Ray
Pumpkin Poster
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
107
Tony Oursler
Dark Scene
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
108
Julian Opie
Imagine You are Driving at Night (3)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
109
Tom Sachs
Ilene Gray Lamp
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £6,000
110
Richard Deacon
Breath
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £85,250
111
Kris Martin
Idiot VII
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
112
Lionel Estève
Bubble
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
113
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Stanley, New Jersey
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,500
114
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Gulf of Bothnia, Hornslandet
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
Sold for £13,750
115
Richard Misrach
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £22,500
116
Shirin Neshat
Innocent Memories
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £34,850
117
Andy Warhol
Still Life (Hammer and Sickle)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
118
Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
119
Andy Warhol
In the Bottom of My Garden
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
120
Keith Haring
Ascending
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
Sold for £7,500
121
Sylvie Fleury
Formula 1 Dress and Bag
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
122
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £36,050
123
Michael Craig-Martin
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
124
Chris Burden
Indo-China Bridge
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
125
Petr Belyi
Obscure light
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
126
Leonid Tishkov
Lake
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
127
Yves Klein
Petite Venus Bleue
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £10,625
128
Tony Oursler
Sony Movie Block
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
129
Philippe Pasqua
Vanité
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
130
Pierre Bismuth
Most Wanted Men/NYC (D. Hirst & M. Cattelan)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
131
Damien Hirst
Spin
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
132
Damien Hirst
Windmills of my Mind
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
133
Damien Hirst
Set of three spot etchings: (i) Ciclopirox Olamine, (ii) Cineole, (iii) Cinchonidine
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠†
134
Sir Terry Frost
Orchard Tambourine B
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
135
Damien Hirst
Pharmaceuticals
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £22,500
136
Robert Indiana
Love Wall
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £6,875
137
Damien Hirst
All you need is Love, Love, Love
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠†
138
Damien Hirst
Mauve Butterfly
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
139
Marc Quinn
Six Moments of Sunrise
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £10,000
140
Elizabeth Magill
(i) Deer Park; (ii) Deer Park Clearing; (iii) Skirt Tales; (iv) Roches Point from Parlous Land
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
141
Marc Quinn
Crystal World
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
142
Chris Ofili
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
143
Marc Quinn
Handpainted Self (Pink)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
144
Marc Quinn
Pink tongue (study for the sculpture Pink Laocoon Kate)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
145
Grayson Perry
Death to Grayson Perry
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
146
Grayson Perry
We Lounged Gloriously Bored
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
147
Grayson Perry
Map of Nowhere (purple)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
148
Georg Baselitz
Remix
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
149
Sue Williams
Neon Pink + Manly
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
150
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
151
A.R. Penck
Composition
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
152
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
153
Jonathan Meese
Die Gralsburg "Suppenadler n the rocks, s.v.p"
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
154
Martin Kippenberger
Capri bei Nacht
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £11,250
155
Jonathan Meese
Der Braumeister (im Ehrenmantel)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
156
Keith Tyson
Studio Wall Drawing: 1st Feb 05 : These Resources are Mine to Mine
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
157
Christoph Ruckhäberle
TRINK HALLE (Drink Hall)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,250
158
Martin Kippenberger
Capri bei Nacht
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £31,250
159
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (And who so)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
160
Jonathan Yeo
Leaf Study Light Blue
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
161
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (This was the first time I'd ever been kissed -Everything else under the sun no doubt -But never that )
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
162
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Wall Street's Chosen Few...)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,000
163
Caledonia Curry / Swoon
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
164
Dave Muller
Two Performances in a White Room (Figure-Eight)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,250
165
Bjarne Melgaard
Two works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Gay men are a woman's best friend
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
166
Ian Monroe
New Monument
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £625
167
Wu Shanzhuan
New Artwork No. 1
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £13,750
168
Wang Guangyi
Aesthetics of War - Blue No. 3
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 †
169
Wu Shanzhuan
Shadow fucker
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
170
Liu Wei
Gatinhasoruentaisferram (Man with Root)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
171
Ling Jian
Strangle it
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
172
Zhang Huan
Peace
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
173
Zheng Delong
Ghost
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
174
Miao Xiaochun
Three works: (i) The Last Judgement in Cyberspace - The Rear View; (ii) The Last Judgement in Cyberspace - The Vertical View; (iii) The Last Judgement in Cyberspace - The Below View
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £11,250
175
Zhang Peng
Gaze of Sorrow No. 2
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,500
176
Chiho Aoshima
Japanese Apricot 3 - A Pink Dream
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
177
Doug Aitken
Digital
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £16,250
178
Andres Serrano
Pieta II
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £55,250
179
Ugo Rondinone
No. 178 SECHSUNDZWANZIGSTERMAERZZWEITAUSENDUNDNULL
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
180
Darren Almond
Thames to Hudson
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
181
Dash Snow
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £63,650
182
Roni Horn
Piece #2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
183
Beate Gütschow
S#24
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
184
Axel Hütte
Rotterdam
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
185
Candida Höfer
Porzellansammlung Dresden II
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
186
Candida Höfer
Schauspielhaus Dresden IV
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
187
Olafur Eliasson
Landscapes
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
188
Elger Esser
Cap - Antifer - Etretat, La Courtine
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
189
Elger Esser
La Côte d’Etretat Frankreich
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
190
Antonio Manuel
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
191
Hélio Oiticica
Romero Cavalcanti wearing P32 Parangolé Cape 25, New York
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
192
Hélio Oiticica
Omar Salomão wearing P31 Parangolé Cape 24 'Escrerbuto'
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
193
Mira Schendel
Composição
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
194
Mira Schendel
Experiência textura
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
195
José Leonilson
Braço de Ferro
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
196
Amilcar de Castro
Untitled (3325)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
197
Anna Maria Maiolino
Untitled from the series Continuous
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,250
198
Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain
Five Stars
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
199
Marcelo Cidade
Esquerda Direita
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
200
Arthur Luis Piza
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
201
Mira Schendel
(i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
202
Carmela Gross
A Negra
Estimate £6,500 - 7,500 Ω♠
203
Sergio Camargo
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
204
Marila Dardot
Sob Neblina
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
205
Anna Maria Maiolino
Ponto a Ponto
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 Ω♠
206
Tatiana Blass
Alagado (delta del Tigre)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
207
Cildo Meireles
Sal Sem Carne
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
208
Mira Schendel
Untitled, c.
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
209
Artur Barrio
Untitled from the series Desenhos Heterodoxos
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
210
Paulo Bruscky
Two works: (i) The issue is… balance; (ii) Bureaucracy
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ‡♠
211
Miguel Rio Branco
Kyoto Offerings
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
212
Artur Lescher
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
213
Andre Komatsu
Untitled (Armário) from the series Embutidos
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,250
214
Thiago Rocha Pitta
Prototide
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
215
Marcos Chaves
Laughing Mask
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 Ω♠
216
Vik Muniz
Convergence # 10 (After Pollock) from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
217
Gerhard Richter
1024 Colours
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
218
Mark Rothko
Orange over Violet
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £16,250
219
Frank Stella
Sinjerli Variations II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
220
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £51,650
221
Dan Walsh
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
222
Juan Uslé
Malhereux
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £19,375
223
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,250
224
Henning Bohl
Announcing, The Bus Wrap Book
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
225
Ryan McGinness
Rain
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
226
Mark Titchner
Two works: (i) Because of Her; (ii) The Throne did Such
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
227
Clay Ketter
Goodbye Russell Road
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
228
Laurenz Berges
b.M. (#2229)
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £2,500
229
Olivier Mosset
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £13,750
230
Daniel Buren
Untitled (Olivier Mosset Fait Par Daniel)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
231
Dirk Skreber
Klebeband
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
232
Dirk Skreber
Häuser
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £58,850
233
Frank Nitsche
BBC-01-2007
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
234
Sarah Morris
Panda (Origami)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £46,850
235
Burhan Dogançay
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
236
This lot is no longer available.
237
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Flowers) from the Joy of Photography series
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
238
Peter Zimmermann
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
239
Adam Fuss
Untitled from the Details of Love series
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
240
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £52,850
241
Katharina Grosse
Untitled (1038M)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
242
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
243
Micha Klein
Two works: (i)Venus, 1998; (ii) Isabelle, 2002(from Artificial Beauty series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
244
Michel Majerus
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £12,500
245
M/m (Paris)
(i) Big Conference Center; (ii) Ashford; (iii) My Step was Light and I Could Feel the Ball of Each Foot; (iv) A Person in a Room with Coca Cola Colored Walls (from Malaga - An Album of Covers)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
246
Paul McCarthy
People 1
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,500
247
Jesper Just
Bliss and Heaven
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
248
Anri Sala
Ghostgames
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
249
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
250
Jonathan Monk
A Painting By Pat Perdue
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
251
Yevgeniy Fiks
Portrait of Sheltreese McCoy (Communist Party of USA)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
252
Igor Gusev
Pyramid
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
253
Dmitry Kawarga
Diffusion of Form Creation
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
254
Meta Isaeus-Berlin
Frustration
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,000
255
Philippe Pastor
Untitled from Les Coeurs
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
256
David LaChapelle
Deluge
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £26,250
257
Tom Hunter
The Art of Squatting
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,375
258
Bae Joon Sung
The Costume of Painter
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
259
Sam Kaprielov
Perpetrator
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
260
Stefan Kürten
Airport
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,188
261
David Breuer-Weil
Mortal
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £39,650
262
Anri Sala
Untitled (Golf)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £4,750
263
Rebecca Horn
Unicorn
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,000
264
James Reilly
Drawing the Line
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
265
Thomas Ruff
Portraits
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
266
Ged Quinn
Being There
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,250
267
Cerith Wyn Evans
11.08.99 Munich (Total Eclipse)
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡♠
268
Sharon Lockhart
No-no Ikebana, Arranged by Haruko Takeichi, December 1, 2002
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
269
Mat Collishaw
The Awakening of Conscience, Emily
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,125
270
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Flower pictures from postcards
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
271
Yayoi Kusama
Four Works: (i) Untitled, 1983 (ii) Bird I, 1980 (iii) Untitled, 1980 (iv) Earth, 1980
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £37,250
272
Yayoi Kusama
Two works: (i) Ripple; (ii) Silver at the bottom of the lake
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
273
Thomas Ruff
Nudes lu 10
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
274
Thomas Ruff
Nude ni 20
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,250
275
Kendell Geers
F.V. 12
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
276
Rachel Feinstein
Unicorn
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
277
William Wegman
Overs and Crossovers
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
278
Roni Horn
Untitled (Kitty Cat)
Estimate £10,000 - 12,000

Contemporary Art Day Sale

30 June 2010 London

Provenance

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Yves Klein

Petite Venus Bleue

Contemporary Art Day Sale

30 June 2010
London