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Yves Klein
Le Saut Dans Le Vide, 1960/1992
Photographic print
48 4/5 × 39 2/5 in. | 124 × 100 cm
Artist's Proof aside from an edition of 3
signed verso
POA
The rare and masterful work, pre-photoshop and pre-digital manipulation. 'Le Saut Dans Le Vide' ('The Leap Into The Void') was conceieved by Yves Klein in 1960 and shot by Harry...
The rare and masterful work, pre-photoshop and pre-digital manipulation.
'Le Saut Dans Le Vide' ('The Leap Into The Void') was conceieved by Yves Klein in 1960 and shot by Harry Shunk and Janós Kender.
Rare in any size or date, this example is an Artist's Proof aside from a very small edition of 3 and printed by Harry Shunk in 1992.
Signed by Harry Shunk and annotated AP (Artist's Proof) on the reverse, and with his stamp.
A rare masterpiece of modern photography.
"The void has always been my primary concern and I hold to assure that in the heart as well as in the heart of man there are fires that burn." [Chelsea Hotel Manifesto, Yves Klein].
Provenance
Harry Shunk & Janós Kender | Private collection (Paris) | Artificial Gallery (London)Exhibitions
Photographs We Know: Iconic Images, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, 6 December 2001 – 16 February 2002, (another example)The Lens and the Mirror, Part 2: Self-Portraits from the Collection, 1957-2000, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 3 August - 29 November 2009, (another example)
Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 11 February - 31 May 2010; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 23 October 2010 - 13 February 2011, (another example)
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10 October 2012 - 27 January 2013; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 17 February - 5 May 2013; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2 June 2013 - 25 August 2013, (another example)
Art on Camera: Photographs by Shunk-Kender, 1960-1971, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 17 May - 4 October 2015 (another example)
Literature
P. Restany, Yves Klein, Paris: Chene, 1982, p. 184.D. de Menil & J-Y Mock, Yves Klein 1928-1962: A Retrospective, Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University; New York: The Arts Publisher, 1982, p. 63.
D. Bozo, Yves Klein, Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1983, p. 358.
S. Stitch, Yves Klein, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 1994, p. 216.
D. Fogle et al., The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography 1960-1982, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2003, p. 9.
C. Morineau, Yves Klein : Corps, couleur, immatériel, Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2006, p. 53.
B. Corà & Daniel Moquay, Yves Klein, Lugano: Museo d'Arte, 2009, couverture, pp. 112-113
F. Prot & P. Smith, Yves Klein: Incandescence, Milan: 5 Continents, 2012, p. 198
M. Fineman et al., Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, New York: The Met, 2012, pl. 188, pp. 182, 252.
Q. Bajac et al., Photography at MoMA: 1960 to Now, New York: MoMA, 2015, p. 156
J. Dibbets, Pandora's Box: Jan Dibbets on Another Photography, Paris: Paris Musées, 2016, p. 160.
M. Koddenberg, Yves Klein: In/Out Studio, Dortmund: Kettler, 2016, p. 176
S. Baker & F. Moran, Performing for the Camera, London: Tate, 2016, p. 10.
M. Hollein, Modern and Contemporary Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Met, 2019, p. 110.