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KLEIN Yves
(1928-1962)
"Le bleu n'a pas de dimension [...] Toutes les couleurs amènent des associations d'idées concrètes, matérielles ou tangibles, tandis que le bleu rappelle tout au plus la mer et le ciel, ce qu'il y a de plus abstrait dans la nature tangible et visible"
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| 1928 |
born in Nizza on April 28th 1928 |
| 1947 |
meets Claude Pascal and Armand Fernandez
elaborates a monotone-Silence symphony, a musical composition |
| 1955 |
settles in Paris
exhibits an orange monochrome at the Réalités Nouvelles Exhibition that will be refused |
| 1957 |
beginning of the blue period |
| 1960 |
participates at the exhibition for the New Realists at the Apollinaire gallery in Milano with Arman, Hains, Dufrêne, Villeglé and Tinguely.
registers the blue formula he made up under the name: International Klein Blue (IKB) |
| 1962 |
died on June 6th 1962 in Paris |
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