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March 29, 2010

Yves Klein: Anthropométrie de l’époque bleue

<p><img style="float: right; padding-left: 15px;" src="../../images/pages_content_archive_NEW/2010/Klein-Static-04122010.jpg" alt="" />Christie’s will offer a large-scale masterpiece by Yves Klein at the auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York on the evening of 11 May 2010. <em>Anthropométrie "Le Buffle" (ANT 93) </em>1960-61, (Estimate: $8,000,000 - 12,000,000) is a monumental work from the artist’s celebrated Anthropométrie series that stands over 9 feet wide (70 x 110 3/8 in. / 177.8 x 280.4 cm.). In this video, “Anthropométrie de l’époque bleue”, dated 9 March 1960, we can see Klein’s process of using the female body as the paintbrush. (RT: 2:23)</p> <p>“Anthropométrie de l’époque bleue” – Galerie internationale d’art contemporain, 253, rue Saint Honoré, Paris, France, 9 mars 1960, © Yves Klein</p> <p><a title="Read Press Release" href="http://www.christies.com/about/press-center/releases/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=3946">Read Press Release</a></p>

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