Yves Klein

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Description

Yves Klein
Untitled (IKB 114)
signed, dated 57 and stamped with the star on the reverse; stamped twice with the star on the overlap
dry pigment and synthetic resin on canvas
80 by 29.5cm.
31 1/8 by 11 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf
Acquired directly from the above by Alfred Otto Müller in the 1960s

Literature

Paul Wember, Yves Klein: Werkverzeichnis, Biographie, Bibliographie, Ausstellungsverzeichnis, Cologne 1969, p. 74, no. IKB 114

Catalogue Note

Blue has no dimensions. It is beyond dimensions while other colours are not... I consecrated myself to finding the most perfect expression of blue."
Yves Klein cited in Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, yves Klein, 1928-1962, 1982, p. 245