Yves Klein 1928-1962: Selected Writings

London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1974. Softcover. VG - (some shelf wear and bent corners of cover, also significant cover smudging, pen mark on fron cover, all pages clear and intact). Off white wraps with blue detail and black lettering on front and spine, 95 pp, bw illustrations throughout. Yves Klein exhibition catalog from Tate Gallery, London, 1974. "This exhibition was organized by Caumont, who was able to count on the loans of Yves Klein's widow, the artist Routraut Klein-Moquay, who also provided information and documents that accompanied the works. Aware of Klein's influence on other artists, and his renown within the New Realism, Caumont seeks to present the extent of Klein's practice from his relatively short career. Caumont's exhibition, while quite conventional in choosing to represent the artist's work mainly through his objets d'art, deviates from the norm by the presence of a wealth of documents, which Caumont includes to expose the artist's "activities" and the processes by which he worked. The purpose of Caumont and Compton was to display the documents and works of art separately, but within the overall framework of the exhibition, to create a complete portrait of Klein's life, demonstrating the links between all his activities. Caumont and Compton considered Klein's process as important as its products, placing performance not only as a means but also as a means of production." - from exhibition website.