French artist Yves Klein is best known for his trademark ultramarine pigment, which he patented as International Klein Blue in 1961. “Blue … is beyond dimensions, whereas the other colors are not,” he said.
“All colors arouse specific ideas, while blue suggests at most the sea and the sky; and they, after all, are in actual, visible nature what is most abstract.”
Starting in the mid-1950s, Klein made retinal blue monochrome paintings (which would prove cornerstones of Minimalism) and the pigment would also feature prominently in his Anthropometry paintings, for which Klein smeared nude women with blue pigment and used them as human brushes on canvas, sometimes in elaborate public performances. Klein's work anticipated Conceptual art, performance art and environmental art, as in his selling of portions of empty space to collectors. For The Void (1958), he presented an empty gallery as an artwork, wearing a white tie and tails to show visitors around the blank walls.
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$11,536
Yves Klein Small IKB Venus Brooch Sculpture Jewel in International Klein Blue
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Small IKB Venus Brooch Bronze multiple, painted with International Klein Blue (IKB). From a model created in 1956. Edition of 500 copies + 100...
Bronze, Gold Leaf
$7,651
H 9.06 in W 20.08 in D 11.82 in
Isaac Cordal - Miniaturization World - Sculpture
By Isaac Cordal
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Isaac Cordal Cement Eclipse Unique Resine Sculpture. Signed Dimensions: 23 X 51 x 30 cm With the simple act of miniaturization and thoughtful placement, Isaac Cordal magically expan...
Bronze
$169,521
H 67.72 in W 59.06 in D 23.63 in
Gloria by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze horse animal sculpture
By Helle Rask Crawford
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Gold, Bronze
Candy II (lightbox)
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Candy II (Snickers) Year: 2014 Medium: Sculpture Multiple: Lightbox with Steelcut, Acrylic Paint, signed and dated verso Edition: 13/...
Steel
Leda and the Swan
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early Art Nouveau bronze by Belgian artist Jef Lambeaux(1852-1908.) “Leda and the Swan”, is an original Art Nouveau Bronze,...
Bronze
$11,301
H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 9.85 in
Guardain Cat by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze cat animal sculpture
By Helle Rask Crawford
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Gold, Bronze
$4,909
H 23.63 in W 15.75 in D 7.88 in
The golden Horse by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze horse animal sculpture
By Helle Rask Crawford
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Gold, Bronze
$5,000
H 22 in W 14 in D 14 in
Hajime Sorayama Sexy Robot Floating Black Contemporary Art LED Light
Located in Draper, UT
Sexy Robot Floating (Black), 2020 PVC, plated resin, alloy, and LED light 22 × 14 × 14 in 55.9 × 35.6 × 35.6 cm Edition of only 250.
Metal
$4,909
H 21.66 in W 21.66 in D 22.45 in
Meet in the Middle by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze woman frog sculpture
By Helle Rask Crawford
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Gold, Bronze
The Embrace
By Alfredo Pina 1
Located in London, GB
bronze, dark brown green patina signed 'A. Pina' and stamped 'A. Valsuani Cire Perdue' PROVENANCE Private collection, UK
Bronze
$3,000
H 17.5 in W 5.75 in D 6 in
Italian Bronze Sculpture of Nude Woman, Mid 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Mario Spampinato (Italian 1912–2000) Nude Bronze Signed on base 17.5 in. h. x 5.75 in. w. x 6 in. d. The artist was born, raised and trained in Italy. During one of his exhibits (at San Marcos in Rome) the Director of a New York Gallery asked him to come to New York to work for him. The American Consul, before issuing his visa, asked Spampinato to create a bust of him. In exchange, the Consul paid for his passage on the boat to New York. In New York, he worked with his brother Clemente Spampinato who is a well known sculptor as well. After moving to Chicago in 1954, he discovered that there was no foundry in the Midwest that could cast his bronzes. So, he opened his own foundry called the Spampinato Art Foundry, casting in the lost wax process. He also started his own private school (Spampinato Art Workshop, Ltd) and did some teaching at the University of Chicago and conducted seminars at Lawrence University in Kansas. Many of his own works are pictured and cataloged in Volumes 2 & 3 of Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders, 1800-1930 by Harold Berman. Between 1959 and 1967, Spampinato recast a number of Charles M Russell...
Bronze
$1,883
H 8.67 in W 4.34 in D 3.15 in
Horses greeting by Helle Crawford, Gold horse animal sculpture
By Helle Rask Crawford
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Gold, Bronze
$350
H 7 in W 5 in D 2.5 in
Ryan Monahan Peep Show Wall Sculpture Behind The Green Door Movie Marquee
By Ryan Thomas Monahan
Located in New York, NY
Ryan Thomas Monahan hails from Yorkville, Illinois. Utilizing a combination of physical and imaginative exploration Ryan creates miniaturized three dimensional portraits of urban lan...
Plastic, Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper, Board
Sold
H 26.78 in W 11.82 in D 7.88 in
Yves Klein Venus of Alexandria IKB Painted Aphrodite Bust
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Venus of Alexandria Executed by Yves Klein in 1962, IKB blue painted plaster in plexiglas, signed Rotraut Klein Moquay and numbered XXX/300 on the base on a label. 300 ed...
Plexiglass, Plaster