Yves Klein

French · 1928–1962 · Painter, Sculptor

Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in postwar European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme, founded in 1960 by… (Wikipedia)

Email alerts for new results and upcoming sales

Own a work by Yves Klein? Get a free auction estimate →

180lots offered2002–2026years recorded90%sold (155)$21.3kSign up free to seemedian price

1 work by Yves Klein with an auction history (offered more than once) →

Record prices

Show prices also in

Relief Éponge bleu sans titre (RE 49)Phillips · May 2022$19,999,500≈ £16,092,292≈ €19,005,512Sign up to see
Monochrome bleu sans titre (IKB 267)Phillips · May 2022$2,752,500≈ £2,214,757≈ €2,615,699Sign up to see
Monochrome rose sans titre (MP 27)Phillips · Mar 2018£1,029,000≈ $1,428,664≈ €1,150,200Sign up to see

Yves Klein’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

All filters

Longest side– Editioned With imagesReset

173 results · page 3 of 5

Monochrome bleu, 1959
Sculpture · Paper
21.6 x 18 cm (8.5 x 7 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Jul 17, 2020 · Lot 231
€143,750≈ $164,278≈ £130,930Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €100,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Monochrome und Feuer“ (Triptychon), 1961
Screenprint
32 × 23,5 cm
Grisebach · Jul 10, 2020 · Lot 499
€12,500≈ $14,095≈ £11,196Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–15,000View at Grisebach ↗
Table d’Or (gold), 1961-1963
22-karat gold leaf, Perspex, glass, chrome-plated metal, wood · Panel
37.1 x 125.2 x 100.1 cm. (14 5/8 x 49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Phillips · Jul 9, 2020 · Lot 196
HK$225,000≈ $29,032≈ £22,948≈ €25,597Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$120,000–180,000View at Phillips ↗
Table Bleue (blue), 1961-1963
IKB pigment, Perspex, glass, chrome-plated metal, wood · Panel
37.1 x 125.2 x 100.1 cm. (14 5/8 x 49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Phillips · Jul 9, 2020 · Lot 197
HK$243,750≈ $31,451≈ £24,861≈ €27,730Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$100,000–150,000View at Phillips ↗
Table Rose (pink), 1961-1963
rose pigment, Perspex, glass, chrome-plated metal, wood · Panel
37.1 x 125.2 x 100.1 cm. (14 5/8 x 49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Phillips · Jul 9, 2020 · Lot 198
HK$300,000≈ $38,709≈ £30,598≈ €34,129Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$100,000–150,000View at Phillips ↗
La Victoire de Samothrace, 1962
Sculpture · ed. 140/175
50.3 x 25 x 28 cm (19 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 11 in.)
Phillips · Feb 14, 2020 · Lot 180
£162,500≈ $211,738≈ €195,294Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £80,000–120,000View at Phillips ↗
Cosmogonie (COS 16), 1960
Mixed media · Paper
23.2 x 17.7 cm (9.1 x 6.9 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Dec 6, 2019 · Lot 168
€70,000≈ $77,658≈ £59,118Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €30,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Table Rose, designed 1961
Rose pigment, glass, Plexiglas, chrome-plated metal
14 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in. (36.2 x 125.2 x 100 cm)
Phillips · Oct 25, 2019 · Lot 27
$22,500≈ £17,542≈ €20,257Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $18,000–25,000View at Phillips ↗
Table Rose, 1961
Acrylic
36 x 100 x 125 cm (14 1/8 x 39 3/8 x 49 1/4 in.)
Phillips · Dec 6, 2018 · Lot 64
£16,250≈ $20,742≈ €18,273Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
Table Bleu KleinTM / Klein Blue® Table, designed 1961
IKB pigment, glass, Plexiglas, chrome-plated metal
14 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in. (36.2 x 125.2 x 100 cm)
Phillips · Oct 17, 2018 · Lot 115
$18,750≈ £14,302≈ €16,262Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗

Also offered, result not published (7)

Lots by Yves Klein that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

Yves Klein paintings (59)Yves Klein acrylic paintings (11)Yves Klein mixed media (3)Yves Klein works on paper (5)Yves Klein prints (49)Yves Klein lithographs (17)Yves Klein screenprints (23)Yves Klein multiples (7)Yves Klein sculpture (44)

Yves Klein signature

66 catalogued lots by Yves Klein record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (75% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

on the reverse3
on the base1

Form

signed61
monogrammed4
initialled1

Monogrammiert und datiert verso mittig: YK (Künstlersignet) 57 — Monochrome Rouge (M66), Van Ham, Nov 27, 2024
Signed "Yves Klein" on the reverse — Anthropométrie sans titre, (ANT 149), Phillips, Nov 14, 2023
Numerotat și monogramat pe verso, "120/500" — Petite Venus Bleue, Artmark, Sep 29, 2020

Yves Klein signature: all forms and examples →

About Yves Klein

Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in postwar European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme, founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of minimal art, as well as pop art. He developed and used International Klein Blue.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.