1959 / 2004 based on Red Rose Plate from 1959 earthenware plate with acrylic display box plate diameter: 23 cm or approx. 9" display box: 32 x 30 cm or approx. 12 1/2" x 11 3/4" edition of 1,000 plus 50 EA each (Artist Proofs) edition number engraved; design on verso Certificate of Authenticity included; individually boxed produced by Yves Klein Archives
$150 domestic flat rate; international rates determined at checkout
This limited edition plate is based on Klein's original work from 1959 and produced by Yves Klein Archives. Acylic display box is included.
Created in 1959, the Red Rose Plate marks the appearance of pink alongside blue and gold in the chromatic pantheon in three stages. Before choosing pink, it was red, clearly visible on the plate, that the artist had chosen as the second fundamental colour after blue. Mixed with blue, red is close to incarnate, the colour of flesh and blood, which marks the artist’s return to the earth. Pink is also the third component of the flame of fire which reveals itself in turn blue, yellow and pink/red, depending on the intensity of its temperature.
1,000 copies numbered from 1/1,000 to 1,000/1,000
50 copies numbered from EA 1/50 to EA 50/50
Copies made in ceramic with the support of the Yves Klein Foundation.
“The composition, even the texture of my paintings, is texture of the pictorial matter; it must be highly effaced, intensely worked, strong, and serious, in order to permit the display in all its splendor, color.” - Yves Klein
