yves klein ian whittlesea (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Postcard. A beautifully printed facsimile of the 1960s Yves Klein business card for his Judo Academy of Paris. Klein studied Judo in Japan, and was the highest grade black belt in Europe. Text in English. Black & red letterpress on cream stock 55 x 88mm. Made and exhibited by the London artist Ian Whittlesea in an edition (unnumbered) of 250.Undated (2011).

Zustand: Near fine. Yves Klein, The Foundations of Judo book, business card and flyer, The Everyday Press, London, 2009. 225 x 140mm. 22pp. book with printed wraps. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Text in English (translated from the French by Ian Whittlesea). 1st English edition. First published in France by Grasset in 1954. Together with a business card (55 x 88mm, letterpress printed black and red on cream stock): a facsimile produced by Whittlesea of a card used by Yves Klein for his Judo Academy in Paris in the 1960s; and a flyer (99 x 209mm folded): an invitation to the launch of the book on 6 March 2009 at Donlon Books, London. Yves Klein studied judo in Japan before establishing his Judo Academy in Paris. At the time, he was the highest-grade black belt in all of Europe. On the verso of the English translation of Klein's treatise on judo, one pullquote from the artist and judo-master reads: 'Judo is, in fact, the discovery by the human body of a spiritual space'. Condition: book and business card in fine condition; some light handling marks to flyer; no tears or writing to any of the items. Overall: Near fine.