Yves KLEIN. - Lot 195

Yves KLEIN. Typescript with 5 autograph corrections, 11 pp. in-4°, entitled "Yves le monochrome 1960: le vrai devient réalité". A seminal text in which Yves Klein explains his pictorial path. "[...] It was at this time that I said: "Painting for me is no longer a function of the eye. My works are only the ashes of my art". I monochromed my canvases relentlessly, and then the almighty blue emerged and reigns still and forever [...]". Attached is another typewritten text by Yves Klein, 1 p. in-4, "L'Habitation immatérielle" with autograph note by Yves Klein on header: "1955 - Première conception de l'arch. de l'air avant d'entrer en collaboration [...]". "Now I'd like to talk briefly about a major architectural project that has always been close to my heart, the realization of the dwelling, truly "immaterial", but emotionally, technically and functionally practical [...]". MLL