Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme, founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of minimal art, as well as pop art. He developed and used International Klein Blue.
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Works in Collection
16 works
Anthropometry: Princess Helena
Yves Klein
1960
Blue Monochrome
Yves Klein
1961
Dimanche: Le Journal d'un Seul Jour
Yves Klein
1960
La Conférence à la Sorbonne
Yves Klein
1959
Leap into the Void
Yves Klein
1960
Leap into the Void
Yves Klein
1960
Leap into the Void
Yves Klein
1960
Leap into the Void
Yves Klein
1960
Leap into the Void
Yves Klein
1960
Monochrome und Feuer
Yves Klein
1961
Plate from Monochrome und Feuer
Yves Klein
1961
Plate from Monochrome und Feuer
Yves Klein
1961
Prince of Space / Tanz der Leere
Yves Klein
1959
Untitled
Yves Klein
1957
Untitled (fire-color painting)
Yves Klein
1962
Untitled from The New Realists (Les Nouveaux réalistes)
Yves Klein
1973
Exhibitions
15 exhibitionsJun 28, 1967 – Sep 24, 1967
The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
107 artists · 2 curators
Jan 17, 1968 – Mar 04, 1968
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
55 artists · 1 curator
Mar 27, 1968 – Jun 09, 1968
Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage
94 artists · 1 curator
Jun 05, 1970 – Sep 13, 1970
Recent Acquisitions V
24 artists · 1 curator
Jul 28, 1971 – Nov 01, 1971
Ways of Looking
132 artists · 1 curator
Mar 29, 1972
Permanent Collection
45 artists · 2 curators
May 17, 1984
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
59 artists · 2 curators
May 17, 1984
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings
61 artists · 2 curators
Dec 08, 1984 – May 20, 1985
Contemporary Drawings
38 artists · 1 curator
Nov 06, 1986 – Mar 31, 1987
Contemporary Works from the Collection
46 artists · 1 curator
Jan 24, 1987 – Jun 14, 1987
Drawings Acquisitions
65 artists · 1 curator
Dec 24, 1987 – Sep 12, 1988
Contemporary Works from the Collection
53 artists · 1 curator
Jul 28, 1988 – Oct 23, 1988
Europe, America: A Selection from the Collection
13 artists · 1 curator
Sep 29, 1988 – Jun 06, 1989
Contemporary Works from the Collection
4 artists · 1 curator
Jun 24, 1989 – Mar 18, 1990
Contemporary Works from the Collection
28 artists · 1 curator