
'Table rose'
A striking example of Klein's exploration of pure color and materiality, "Table rose" presents a luminous field of rose pigment suspended beneath a glass surface, supported by a sleek steel and wood structure. The work extends Klein's celebrated obsession with monochrome beyond the canvas into functional form, transforming an everyday object into a vessel for intense, saturated color. The interplay between the delicate, powdery pigment and the industrial precision of glass and steel creates a tension between fragility and permanence.
- Medium
- rose pigment, acrylic, glass, steel, wood
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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December 9, 2015
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