The collection XXIX – Spirits of Internationalism: 6 European Collections 1956-1986
(c)image: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / Peter Cox
Monochrome bleu, sans titre [Blue Monochrome, Untitled], 1959
Painting
, 92.4 x 73.7 x 2.6 cm
pigment, synthetic resin, canvas, wood
Yves Klein started making paintings in one colour in 1949. He experimented with various industrial colour pigments until he found the most intense blue and called it IKB, International Klein Blue.