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- Title
Is There an International Klein Pink?
- Authors
Haddad, Abed; Rogge, Corina E.
- Abstract
Yves Klein (1928–1962) is best known for his intensely blue monochromatic works made with International Klein Blue (IKB), a synthetic ultramarine blue pigment bound in a poly(vinyl acetate) binder. However, he also made monochromes in other colors, including red and pink, the pigments of which have never been elucidated. Analysis of one sculpture, three paintings, and one screenprint by micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (µ-FTIR), Raman and surface-enhanced Raman (SERS) spectroscopies, portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (p-XRF), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), revealed that Klein used, knowingly or unknowingly, a variety of pink and red pigments, including Para Red, rhodamine 6G, rhodamine B, eosin Y, and alizarin lakes. The unexpected variety of pigments contrasts with his use of a single blue pigment and suggests he may not have held a singular vision of what constituted an iconic red or pink color.
- Subjects
KLEIN, Yves, 1928-1962; MONOCHROMATIC light; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy; ALIZARIN; RHODAMINE B
- Publication
Colorants, 2023, Vol 2, Issue 2, p194
- ISSN
2079-6447
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/colorants2020013