"Table Rose"

A “Table Rose” by Yves Klein, originally designed in 1961, composed of pink pigment encased in Plexiglas below a glass top and set on a chrome-plated frame. The table transforms Klein’s use of pure color into a functional object, preserving the intensity of loose pigment within a clear, architectural form. Artist’s underside label signed by Rotraut Klein-Moquay, reading “This table conforms to Yves Klein’s patent,” with serial number DED-MLOP

Designed 1961
Pink pigment encased in Plexiglas below glass top, chrome-plated frame
49.5" W × 39.5" D × 14.75" H
(125.7 × 100.3 × 37.5 cm)

About the Maker
Yves Klein (French, 1928–1962) was an artist whose brief career had an outsized influence on postwar art. Best known for his monochromes and his development of International Klein Blue, Klein treated color as a subject in itself rather than a decorative element. His tables, produced as a controlled edition under the supervision of his estate, are made in three materials central to his work: International Klein Blue pigment, rose pigment and gold leaf. Each table carries a signed and numbered estate placard affixed to the underside.