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Why is Blue Monochrome famous?
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The reason why Blue Monochrome is famous is that it introduced a now-famous color. For the work, painter Yves Klein developed a unique shade of blue. Today referred to as International Klein Blue, it covered not only Klein's canvas in the 1961 work but also adorned the mid-century modern furnishings he designed in the 1960s. On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of Yves Klein art and furniture.
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Printed on silk in 1993 under the supervision of Yves Klein - Anthropométries
By Yves Klein
Located in PARIS, FR
Printed on silk in 1993 under the supervision of the Yves Klein Archives, Abstraction N. 37 revives the artist’s most radical and visceral innovation: the Anthropométries—paintings m...
Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Silk
Yves Klein Propositions Monochromes Invite with IKB (International Klein Blue)
By Yves Klein
Located in New York, NY
Yves Klein
Yves Klein Propositions Monochromes with IKB (International Klein Blue), 1957
Extremely rare fold-out silkscreened vintage invitation with IKB for Galerie Schmela exhibiti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Lithograph, Offset
Yves Klein Dying Slave After Michelangelo IKB Sculpture Bright Klein Blue
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Dying Slave after Michelangelo
IKB blue resin in plexiglas, signed Rotraut Klein Moquay and numbered 224/300 on the base on a label.
300 editions numbered from “1/300” to...
Category
1990s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plexiglass
Historic Yves Klein at Dwan Gallery exhibition invitation Mid Century Modern
By Yves Klein
Located in New York, NY
Well documented work, illustrated in the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution hardcover exhibition monograph.
Yves Klein at Dwan Gallery Po...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
La Conférence à la Sorbonne, 3 Juin 1959 Lt Ed IKB Silkscreen album cover w/LPS
By Yves Klein
Located in New York, NY
Yves Klein
La Conférence à la Sorbonne, 3 Juin, 1959, 1959-1963
Two 12-inch vinyl records held in gatefold sleeve with silkscreen cover jacket in IKB International Klein Blue...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Lithograph, Board, Pencil, Plastic, Screen, Mixed Media
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Yves Klein Blue Earth Sculpture IKB Pigment Plaster Cast in Plexiglas Box
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Concieved in 1957, this edition started to be executed in 1988
IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast, in plexiglas, signed Rotraut Klein Moquay
and numbered HC XXX/L on the base on a label affixed under the base.
300 editions numbered from “1/300” to “300/300″
50 editions numbered from”HCI/L” à “HC L/L”
H. 36 cm With the Plexiglas box: 41.5 x 29.5 x 29.5 cm
Yves Klein is an influential French conceptual artist who works in a wide variety of fields. Arguably best known for his use of a very vibrant shade of blue, he began to create his monochrome series in the 1950s by developing and patenting his own signature shade known as IKB or International Klein Blue.
Born April 28, 1928 in Nice, the artist founded the New Realism movement with the art critic Pierre Restany...
Category
1980s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Synthetic Resin, Pigment
