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Yves Klein's fixation with dry ultramarine pigment can be traced back to 1948, when Klein and two of his friends lay on a Nice beach in the South of France. Gazing up at the sky, the 20-year-old wrote his signature in its space—thus declaring the sky his first artwork.

Infinite Space

Infinite space then became a preoccupation, with Klein exploring ways of emulating its ambiguity. This included producing a limited–edition catalogue, Yves: Peintures, which claimed that he produced a series of monochrome paintings while travelling to Europe and Japan in 1948–54. This was his first public gesture as an artist.

In 1955, Klein discovered ultramarine, a blue so deep and vibrant it hummed. However, mixing it with water diluted the dry pigment's intensity. Determined, he worked with the chemical manufacturer Eduard Adam to invent a synthetic resin fixative that could suspend the powder without changing its colour—thus retaining its velvety luminosity in paint form.

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