Yves Klein

(French, 1928–1962)

Yves Klein was a French Conceptual artist with a wide-ranging and highly influential practice. Perhaps best remembered for his creation of a vivid shade of blue, he began creating his monochrome series in the 1950s by developing and patenting his own signature hue known as IKB, or International Klein Blue. For his Anthropométries series the artist employed nude models to act as “living brushes” and paint canvases with their bodies covered in Klein Blue. “Blue suggests the sea and sky, and they, after all, are in actual, visible nature what is most abstract,” he mused. Born on April 28, 1928 in Nice, France, Klein became interested in Eastern mysticism as a 20 year old and later studied Judo in Japan before returning to France. The artist cofounded the Nouveau Réalisme movement in 1960, the same year he produced his hallmark work Leap into the Void. Other original members of Nouveau Réalisme included Arman, Jean Tinguely, and François Dufrêne. Klein’s blend of mysticism and performance art contrasted with the Abstract Expressionist and Pop Art sensibilities of the time. The artist’s brief but prolific life ended with his untimely death from a heart attack— thought to be contributed to by his use of amphetamines—at the age of 34 on June 6, 1962 in Paris, France. Today his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., among others.

Yves Klein Artworks

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Catalogue Raisonné des éditions et sculptures

Yves Klein

Catalogue Raisonné des éditions et sculptures

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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Broche «Petite Vénus Bleue», 2001

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Broche «Petite Vénus Bleue», 2001

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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L'ours de Pompon

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L'ours de Pompon

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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TABLE IKB ®

Yves Klein

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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Éponge bleu, 1961

Yves Klein

Éponge bleu, 1961

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Petite Vénus Bleue

Yves Klein

Petite Vénus Bleue

Sale Date: December 3, 2022

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Untitled. From: Edition Original I, 1962–1964

Yves Klein

Untitled. From: Edition Original I, 1962–1964

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Monochrome und Feuer, 1961

Yves Klein

Monochrome und Feuer, 1961

Sale Date: November 13, 2022

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Untitled, from: Edition Original 1, 1962–1964

Yves Klein

Untitled, from: Edition Original 1, 1962–1964

Sale Date: November 13, 2022

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Anthropométrie ANT 148.

Yves Klein

Anthropométrie ANT 148.

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Anthropométrie ANT 83.

Yves Klein

Anthropométrie ANT 83.

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Petite vénus bleue

Yves Klein

Petite vénus bleue

Sale Date: November 2, 2022

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L'ours Pompon édition Yves Klein

Yves Klein

L'ours Pompon édition Yves Klein

Sale Date: November 2, 2022

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Table Monogold, 1961–1963

Yves Klein

Table Monogold, 1961–1963

Sale Date: November 1, 2022

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Ours Pompon

Yves Klein

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Ours Pompon

Yves Klein

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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ANTHROPOMETRIE ANT 83

Yves Klein

ANTHROPOMETRIE ANT 83

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Table IKB®, 1961

Yves Klein

Table IKB®, 1961

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Petite vénus bleue

Yves Klein

Petite vénus bleue

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Nu d’Iris Clert sortant de l’onde, (IKB 120), 1957

Yves Klein

Nu d’Iris Clert sortant de l’onde, (IKB 120), 1957

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Table monochrome

Yves Klein

Table monochrome

Sale Date: October 16, 2022

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Table IKB®, 1961

Yves Klein

Table IKB®, 1961

Sale Date: October 14, 2022

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Yves Klein, Harry Shunk & Janós Kender, 1968

Yves Klein, Harry Shunk and Janos Kender

Yves Klein, Harry Shunk & Janós Kender, 1968

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

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TABLE IKB ®

Yves Klein

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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