Leap into the Void
Yves Klein
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Original Title:Le Saut dans le vide -
Date:1960; Fontenay-aux-roses, France -
Style:Nouveau Réalisme -
Genre:photo -
Media:photography
Leap into the Void
Yves Klein
Photo was taken on rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, october 1960. The title of this work by Yves Klein, according to his newspaper Dimanche 27 novembre 1960, is: ''A man in the Space! The painter of the Space throws himself into the Void!'', 1960. Artistic action by Yves Klein.
Photo Harry Shunk-John Kender. © Yves Klein, ADAGP, Paris (for the work). Photo credit : Harry Shunk-John Kender (for the photo). Photograph Shunk-Kender © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
