Important Spring Sale presents: Yves Klein
Yves Klein – Master of Blue
"Monochrome bleu sans titre (IKB)"
Bukowskis presents a work by Yves Klein at Important Spring Sale. Viewing June 2th – June 7th, Auction June 8th – June 10th.
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Yves Klein was born in 1928 and was one of the foremost figures in the Nouveau réalisme art movement. Today he is best remembered for his Klein-blue objects. In his far too short life, he was also a pioneer in performance art, the most subversive direction in art after cubism.
Inventing of a colour
One interpretation of what drove Klein was the ability to embrace and own everything that is beautiful.
He conquered the azure-blue sky by simply stating that he had invented its colour, International Klein Blue (IKB), which he did in 1957. The consistent blue of IKB runs through his art work and he used it for several types of monochrome work in dierent materials. It was also used in several of his best-known series, including “Anthropometry” in which naked women painted with pigment made impressions of their bodies on canvas.
The auction's "Monochrome bleu sans titre (IKB)" is painted with rollers and has a vibrant and textured surface. During a lecture at the Sorbonne in 1959, Yves Klein said that the blue monochromes were recognizable and similar but still unique and different from each other.
The painting is a part of Bukowskis' upcoming auction Important Spring Sale. Viewing June 2th – 7th June. The Auction takes place between June 8th – June 10th.
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