Le Yves Klein du pauvre. 2010.
Mixed media. Sponge and acrylic on plywood.
Signed in lower right. Verso once more signed and dated, as well as inscribed "encore une éponge naturelle" and "N° 6287". 40 x 30 x 10.5 cm (15.7 x 11.8 x 4.1 in).
Verso with a small portrait sketch. [AR].
• With his typefaces, which are always signed "Ben", the artist provokes complex questions about art, society and the artist's ego.
• In France, he is one of the most important representatives of the Neo-Dada and Fluxus movements.
• Domestic and interntaional exhibitions, as well as numerous retrospectives bear witness to Ben Vautier's great artistic success.

The work is registered in the artist's archive under the number "6287". We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot .

PROVENANCE: Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris (with the gallery's label on the reverse).
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2010).

In good condition. Two to three very small, unobtrusive wood chips in lower right and upper center. Isolated small adhesions, probably part of the work's nature.