Yves Klein, "Table IKB® (Blue)" 1961

Sculpture Object
38.1 × 124.5 × 100.3 cm / 15 × 49 × 39.5 in
Signed on label
Open Edition

In Excellent Conditions.

Each table has a signed and numbered placard of authenticity issued by the estate affixed to the underside.

This iconic table is from the edition begun in 1963 under the supervision of Yves Klein’s widow, Rotraut Klein-Moquay, based on two models he designed in 1961. Klein died unexpectedly in 1962 and other than these two original models owned by his estate there are no vintage tables. From 1963 to the present, the Yves Klein Archives has overseen the production of this coffee table and there has only ever been the one, continuous edition. The estate does not recognize tables produced earlier in the edition as any more valuable than the brand new ones we sell today.

Yves Klein is famous for his explorations into pure color - blue in particular. Employing only his signature, patented pigment, International Klein Blue, the artist made iconic monochromes that aimed to bring art into the realm of pure, atmospheric feeling. His practice, which also included sculpture and performances in which nude, paint-covered women served as Klein’s “living brushes,” proved essential in the development of mid-century movements such as Minimalism and Conceptual art. Klein was born to two painters and was largely self-taught. His work belongs in the collections of prestigious institutions including the Tate, the Museum of Modern Art, the Menil Collection, Moderna Museet, Fondazione Prada, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. His paintings have fetched prices in the tens of millions on the secondary market.
“ I did not like the nothing, and it is thus that I met the empty, the deep empty, the depth of the blue. „

—Yves Klein