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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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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...
Category
1950s Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
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
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
Anthropometrie ANT 148
By Yves Klein
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on heavy white wove archival paper. Edition of 200. Printed by l'Atelier Eric Linard, Paris. Published by Editions T.A.T Arts, Paris, with the printed justificat...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen, Color


