BLUE. Monochrome, 1960/61

ArtistYves Klein, Nice 1928–1962 Paris

Colour lithograph on cardboard

(H x W)32 x 23,5 cm

Status

not on display

About the workMonochromaticity is the key element in Yves Klein’s art. He was concerned with the effect that pure colour has on a spiritual level. For two years, the Frenchman painted exclusively with the ultramarine “International Klein Blue” that he had developed. He added gold and later pink to his monochrome concept in 1959. In the Catholic faith, the colour gold stands for God, red for Jesus Christ and blue for the Holy Spirit. Klein appropriated the colourful triad and gave it a new artistic expression.

AccessionKemp Collection Foundation 2016

Provenance1960s Willi Kemp (Cologne 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) acquired from the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld; 2016 Kemp Collection Foundation in the Kunstpalast acquired by gift of Willi Kemp

Inventory numberKemp 1446

Post-War Modernism

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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