Yves KLEIN (1928-1962) - Lot 28

Yves KLEIN (1928-1962) Invitation from Iris Clert and Colette Allendy to Yves Klein's monochrome proposals (1957) Postcard with IKB klein blue stamp Handwritten inscription "Yves Klein's monochrome propositions fix today the plastic destiny of pure pigment. This great story of the blue era will be shrunk, simultaneously, on the walls of Colette Allendy and Iris Clert. Restany" Postcard size (view): 10.5 x 15 cm Note: Invitation postcard for the 1957 monochrome exhibitions, organized simultaneously by Iris Clert and Colette Allendy, the founding moment of Yves Klein's blue period. The card bears the artist's emblematic blue IKB stamp, as well as a handwritten inscription of critical authority attributable to Pierre Restany: "Yves Klein's monochrome proposals today fix the plastic destiny of pure pigment...". A rare testimony to the advent of monochrome and the historic collaboration between Klein and Restany.