Anthropometry series: Ant. 96. People Begin to Fly.
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Title |
Anthropometry series: Ant. 96. People Begin to Fly. |
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Creator |
Klein, Yves (French painter, sculptor, and performance artist, 1928-1962) |
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Date |
1961 |
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Cultural Context |
French
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Modern (styles and periods)
New Realist (post-1945 style) |
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Subject |
Performance art
Painting
Body painting
Abstract paintings
Abstract works
Women
Silhouettes
Locomotion
Human locomotion |
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Description |
Oil on paper mounted on canvas. [One of Klein's Anthropometries in his Anthropometry series.] |
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Material |
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Paper (fiber product)
Canvas |
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Measurements |
250.2 x 400.2 cm (98 1/2 x 156 1/2 in) |
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Technique |
Painting (image-making)
Oil painting (technique) |
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Work Type |
Performance art
Body art
Oil paintings
Paintings
Abstract paintings
Abstract works |
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Repository |
Menil Collection (Houston, Texas) |
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Source |
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999. (p.336) |
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Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Lucie-Smith courtesy: The Menil Collection, Houston. Photo Paul Hester, Houston. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 1999. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 2453-15.jpg |
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