Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Christie, John, 1945-
Title:
The blue diver.
Published / Created:
London : Objectif, 1995.
Physical Description:
[34] p. : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.C447 B58 1995+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The images in the sequence are taken from a photograph by Harry Shunk of Yves Klein's Leap into the Void. The event took place at 3 rue Gentil Bernard in the Paris suburb of Fontenay-aux-Roses in mid-October 1960. ... The book was made after visiting Yves Klein 'Leap into the Void' at the Hayward Gallery, London in April 1995."--Colophon.

Edition limited to 4 copies.

Folded leaves inserted in plastic sleeves.

Bound in gray boards. Issued in a box covered with black cloth. The front cover of the box features a square of Yves Klein blue (International Klein Blue), and the interior of the box is covered with two images printed in the same hue.

Selected exhibitions: “Graphic!: British Prints Now" (Yale Center for British Art, April 8 - June 6, 1999).

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. [3] of 4 signed and boxed copies.
Subject Terms:
Klein, Yves, 1928–1962. | Blue in art. | International Klein Blue. | Trick photography. | Photography, Artistic. | Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Objectif -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Klein, Yves, 1928–1962. Leap into the void.