✳flâneur — a map of the web's best reading

The Radical Nudes of Yves Klein's Anthropometries | Contemporary Art | Sotheby’s

sothebys.com · 1,758 words · saved by 1 readers

D ense in its conceptual framework and mesmerising in its elegiac beauty, Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 132) represents a distillation of the central tenets of Yves Klein’s visionary oeuvre and exemplifies the beauty of his Anthropometries. Amongst this extraordinary series, the present work is exceptional, considered rare not only for its grand-scale, but also for its inclusion of two full figures, and further still for its conception during one of Klein’s legendary performances. In this work, using the human body as an anthropomorphic brush, Klein created a composition that set a course for a new frontier of painting, one in which the heretofore antithetical poles of abstraction and figuration achieve a stunning and groundbreaking coalescence. Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 132) is a paradigmatic example of a seminal series that has remained in one family collection for 35 years. With works such as this, Klein broke apart the very definition of painting, radicalised the enduring art histo

The Radical Nudes of Yves Klein's Anthropometries | Contemporary Art | Sotheby’s The Radical Nudes of Yves Klein's Anthropometries Share The Radical Nudes of Yves Klein's Anthropometries By Sotheby's | Jan 21, 2020 As Sotheby's upcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction offers Yves Klein's Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 132), we take a closer look at his re-imagining of the classical nude. As Sotheby's upcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction offers Yves Klein's Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 132), we take a closer look at his re-imagining of the classical nude. D ense in its conceptual framework an

Explore this link on the map →

related reading