Black & white illus. Title-leaf, perforated sheet of blue waxed paper, [30] pp. 4to, gold craft paper covers with imitation blue stamp adhered to upper cover, plastic spiral-bound. San Francisco: Stamp Art Gallery, 1996.

Rare Stamp Art Gallery exhibition catalogue on Yves Klein’s famous painted Timbre bleu. Several sympathetic imitations and homages to the stamp are cleverly placed on and in the catalogue. There is an essay by John Held, Jr. and an interview that he conducted with art historian and Klein expert Sidra Stich. The curators have included reproductions of correspondence they received as they made inquiries leading up... More

Folded poster (ca. 450 x 290 mm.) printed in the artist’s signature ultramarine, International Klein Blue (IKB). Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1961.

The very rare poster conceived by Yves Klein (1928-62) for his May 1961 exhibition at Dwan Gallery in Los Angeles, in near fine condition; unrecorded by WorldCat. This groundbreaking show came after the far more muted one at Castelli (11-29 April 1961). These were the first two presentations of Klein’s work in North America. Exhibition materials from Klein’s lifetime are very scarce and the Dwan exhibition was pivotal in the artist’s introduction to the American art world. Five... More