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Monochrome und Feuer

Klein, Yves

Krefeld. Museum Haus Lange. 1961. Jan–Feb
A very fine example of Yves Klein's catalogue multiple 'Monochrome und Feuer' purchased at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld at the time of the exhibition.

The Krefeld exhibition 'Monochrome und Feuer' (Monochrome and Fire) included a wide range of Klein's work including his monochromes, sponge reliefs, sponge sculptures, anthropometries and cosmogonies. It also included a small void room and his drawings of his water and fire wall and fountain designs. Perhaps the most spectacular of all was the installation of his Fire Sculpture and Wall of Fire on the museum's lawn. The Fire Sculpture consisted of two large columns of flame that shot up from the ground into the air measuring about three metres. With the Wall of Fire, fifty Bunsen burners in a grid-like pattern were set upon their side so that their rosette-like flames created a vertical wall of fire.

The accompanying folder published for the exhibition is one of the most renowned of exhibition catalogues, including as part of its contents, the three original chromatic sheets by Klein, one in International Klein Blue (IKB), one in lucid pink, and the other gold. On the gold sheet, Klein has applied, by hand, three small sections of gold leaf. The resultant triptych is one of the most striking of Klein's printed works.
4to. (320 x 235 mm). 9 pages of text and 24 illustrations and with the 3 chromatic sheets in blue, pink and gold, the latter decorated with three sections of applied gold leaf. Loose as issued in card folder, with accompanying text leaves.
#48692

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