Yves Klein — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works219

Museum Acquisitions

21 Institutions

MoMA

Met

NGA Washington

SFMOMA

Tate

LACMA

Previous Sales 152

Sotheby's

Monochrome bleu sans titre (IKB 329), 1958

€1,750,130 ($1.8M USD)

Oct 2025

Christie's

California , (IKB 71), 1961

€18,375,000 ($20M USD)

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

Untitled Fire Colour Painting (FC 28), 1962

$3,487,534

Oct 2025

Christie's

Relief Planétaire Terre (Marseille, Aix ) , (RP 24), 1961

€1,613,000 ($1.8M USD)

May 2025

Christie's

Untitled blue monochrome, (IKB 272), 1956

$2,228,000

May 2025

Sotheby's

Relief Éponge bleu sans titre, (RE 28), 1961

$14,227,500

Nov 2024

Sotheby's

Untitled Blue Monochrome (IKB 149), 1959

$272,613

Jun 2024

Christie's

Monochrome bleu sans titre, (IKB 102), 1956

€2,823,000 ($3.1M USD)

Oct 2023

Sotheby's

Accord Bleu (RE 52), 1958

€2,786,373 ($2.8M USD)

Oct 2023

Christie's

L'Esclave mourant d'après Michel-Ange, 1962

€107,100 ($118k USD)

Jun 2023

Sotheby's

Untitled anthropométrie (ANT 9), 1960

$2,769,413

Jun 2023

Sotheby's

Anthropométrie Sans Titre (ANT 27), 1960

$2,601,000

May 2023

Christie's

Untitled Blue Monochrome (IKB 150)

$239,400

May 2023

Christie's

Untitled Fire Painting (F 139), 1961

$119,700

May 2023

Christie's

Anthropométrie sans titre, (ANT 80), 1960

Bought In

May 2023

Christie's

Monochrome bleu sans titre, (IKB 206), 1959

€252,000 ($277k USD)

Nov 2022

Christie's

Nu d’Iris Clert sortant de l’onde , (IKB 120), 1957

€2,082,000 ($2.3M USD)

Oct 2022

Christie's

Anthropométrie de l’époque bleue, (ANT 124) (Anthropometry of the Blue Period), (ANT 124)), 1960

£27,197,000 ($36M USD)

Jun 2022

Christie's

Untitled Monogold, (MG 21), 1961

$4,980,000

May 2022

Sotheby's

Zone de sensibilité picturale immatérielle Série n°1, Zone n°02 (receipt to Jacques Kugel), 1959

Unknown

Apr 2022

Sotheby's

Anthropométrie Sans Titre (ANT 20) , 1962

€2,166,505 ($2.2M USD)

Mar 2022

Sotheby's

Untitled (Blue Monochrome), 1957

$441,000

Nov 2021

Sotheby's

Untitled pink Monochrome, (M 101), 1957

Unknown

Jun 2021

Christie's

Relief Éponge bleu sans titre (RE 37), 1959

$3,030,000

May 2021

Christie's

Peinture de feu sans titre (F 138) (Fire Painting (Untitled) (F 138)), 1961

£587,250 ($775k USD)

Feb 2020

For Sale 2

Simon Studer Art · Artsy

La terre bleue, 1957

Price on request

IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster

Opera Gallery · Artsy

Table Monogold™, 1961

Price on request

Decorative table

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Market1,759 auction results

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$23.1K – $36M

21 of 25 paintings lots with prices

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$4.1M

Object-type specific

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$2.8M

21 priced paintings lots

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Oct 2025 · $1.8M

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Paintings: $2.8M medianSculpture/objects: $88.8K medianWorks on paper: $191K medianPhotographs: $16.4K medianUnclassified lots: $32.5K medianEditioned prints: $3.9K medianBooks/portfolios: $8.4K medianPosters/ephemera: $72.6K median

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Publications23

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Monograph 3

Yves Klein: Ästhetische Schriften Author

Hatje Cantz · 2025

Yves Klein

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Yves Klein

Hatje Cantz · 1995

Exhibition Catalog 14

Amitié et créativités collectives

Hatje Cantz · 2022

Freundschaften: Gemeinschaftsarbeiten von Salvador Dalí bis Jenny Holzer

Hatje Cantz · 2022

Yves Klein Author

Hatje Cantz · 2020

Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein

Rizzoli · 2017

Yves Klein Author

Hatje Cantz · 2014

A House Full of Music

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Kunst zum Hören: A House Full of Music

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers

Hatje Cantz · 2010

Die Skulpturen der Maler: Malerei und Plastik im Dialog

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Les Peintres-Sculpteurs

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Declaring Space

Prestel · 2007

Yves Klein

Hatje Cantz · 2004

Yves Klein: Air Architecture Author

Hatje Cantz · 2004

Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century

Hatje Cantz · 1999

Group Catalog 1

Gunter Umberg: Body of Painting Author

Hatje Cantz · 2001

Survey 5

Performance Art

Thames & Hudson · 2025

ZERO-Kunst und Mode

Hatje Cantz · 2025

Der Mann mit der Postkarte

Hatje Cantz · 2004

Farbe zu Licht

Hatje Cantz · 2000

Out of Actions: Aktionismus, Body Art und Performance 1949-1979

Hatje Cantz · 1998

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Current Exhibitions1

#204 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Double Take: Photographs in Pairs

Julie Blackmon, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Walker Evans, Yves Klein, Bruce Weber, André Kertész, Steve Schapiro, Ruven Afanador, Patrick Demarchelier, Mary Ellen Mark, Sheila Metzner, Mark Seliger, Miles Aldridge, Peter Lindbergh, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Teun Hocks, Duane Michals, Arthur Elgort, Janette Beckman, Albert Watson, Melvin Sokolsky, Herbert List, John Dominis, Lauren Greenfield, Dan Winters, Harry Bowers, Flor Garduño, Erik Madigan Heck, Frank W. Ockenfels III, Tom Bianchi, Sanford Roth, Harry Shunk, János Kender, Alex Stoddard, Todd Weaver, Nik Wheeler

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Jun 11, 2026 — Jul 18, 2026

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Independent 20th Century Announces Details of 2026 Fair at the Breuer Building

Independent 20th Century has announced details for its fifth edition, taking place from September 24–27, 2026, at the Breuer Building in New York, now…

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

Street art exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet: Villeglé and Paris, ripped from the wall

The Musée Carnavalet in Paris will host a street art exhibition dedicated to Jacques Villeglé, running from October 14, 2026 to February 14, 2027. Tit…

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

Independent 20th Century Heads to the Breuer With Its Biggest Edition Yet

Independent 20th Century, the art fair launched in 2022, is moving from the Battery Maritime Building to Marcel Breuer's former Whitney Museum buildin…

exhibitionsJun 10, 2026

Monet in dialogue, Kiki Smith... 5 must-see exhibitions in Paris galleries in June

Five standout gallery exhibitions opening in Paris this June are highlighted, including a dialogue with Claude Monet at Galerie Larock-Granoff featuri…

exhibitionsJun 5, 2026

The architecture of absence

The article reviews "Geestgrond," a major retrospective of British sculptor Antony Gormley at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA). Curated b…

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Miami Beach’s Bass Museum of Art hires Philippe Vergne as artistic director and chief curator

The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach has appointed Philippe Vergne as its inaugural artistic director and chief curator. Vergne joins from the Serral…

peopleJun 4, 2026

Art Basel Reveals More Participating Galleries and the Artists Selected for its ‘Exclusive’ Initiative, Which Withholds Artworks from Email Previews

Art Basel has announced that 193 of its 232 main-sector exhibitors (83%) have signed on to a new initiative called Basel Exclusive, which requires par…

marketJun 2, 2026

What Will Art Basel’s No-Preview-Allowed ‘Basel Exclusive’ Initiative Offer?

Art Basel has announced the list of artists participating in its new "Basel Exclusive" initiative at its flagship Swiss fair, which opens to VIPs on J…

marketJun 2, 2026

Holding blue

Regen Projects in Los Angeles is presenting 'Holding blue', an exhibition of new photographs and sculptures by Catherine Opie. The show marks her twel…

exhibitionsMay 27, 2026

Photographer Catherine Opie is everywhere all at once this spring

Photographer Catherine Opie is experiencing an extraordinary year in 2026, with multiple major exhibitions opening simultaneously across Europe and Lo…

exhibitionsMay 26, 2026

L’arte italiana del Dopoguerra va in asta da Sotheby’s a Milano: tutti i nomi più attesi

Sotheby's will hold a live auction of Modern and Contemporary Art at Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan on May 27, 2026, featuring major Italian post-war art…

marketMay 12, 2026

È morto Bruno Bischofberger, il gallerista e collezionista svizzero che fece lavorare assieme Warhol e Basquiat

Bruno Bischofberger, the influential Swiss gallerist and collector, has died at age 86. A pivotal figure in the contemporary art market, he opened his…

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The Artist Who Turned Kim Kardashian Into a Living Sculpture Has an Exhibition in Paris

The Sceners Gallery in Paris is hosting “Forms and Temptations,” an exhibition of works by British Pop Art pioneer Allen Jones, coinciding with Kim Ka…

exhibitionsMay 7, 2026

The Best and Worst of the Stars at the 2026 Met Gala Inspired by Art History

On May 4, 2026, the Met Gala brought together 450 guests at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York under the theme "Fashion is Art," tied to the e…

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Here’s How Stars at the 2026 Met Gala Nodded to Art History

The 2026 Met Gala, themed "Fashion Is Art," saw celebrities and fashion figures wearing outfits directly inspired by or referencing iconic artworks an…

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Wrapped for Travel: On "The American Connection" by Peter Halley and "Black Painter, White Figuration" by Maxwell Alexandre

Two simultaneous exhibitions at Almeida & Dale in São Paulo present contrasting visions: American artist Peter Halley's "The American Connection," cur…

exhibitionsMay 4, 2026

Yves Klein Research Grant 2026: A Funded Residency for Emerging Scholars

The Yves Klein Foundation has launched its first Research Grant for 2026, offering a CHF 6,000 stipend and a one-week funded residency in Paris to eme…

newsApr 29, 2026

Korean Art Masters Ha Chonghyun and RM's Collection Highlight San Francisco Exhibitions

San Francisco's Asian Art Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will host major exhibitions of Korean art this fall. The Asian Art Museum will…

exhibitionsApr 21, 2026

13 Nudes That Changed Western Art History

The article presents a curated list of 13 seminal Western artworks featuring the nude form, highlighting how each piece shifted artistic conventions a…

cultureApr 21, 2026

Los Angeles Art Scene Overview

The Los Angeles art scene is experiencing a significant transformation as major blue-chip galleries like Gagosian and PaceWildenstein expand their pre…

marketApr 17, 2026

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