Yves Klein : Long Live the Immaterial

by Yves Klein, Alain Buisine

In 1957 Yves Klein took out a patent on a certain blue, an intense brilliant ultramarine which he called International Klein Blue. His apparently identical monochrome paintings were made with sponges or rollers or in a series known as Antrhopometries, with what he called 'living brushes'--models soaked in blue paint who pressed themselves against sheets of paper.

264 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

About the author

Yves Klein was a French artist and is considered an important figure in post-war European art.