Article, 1982, Michael Blankfort
The "Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensitivity", testimonial from Michael Blankfort, American screenwriter, excerpt from an exhibition catalogue
Before the tragedy of his death at 34, his reputation had become firm, not only in Europe but in the United States as well. His influence survives among many young artists. I had heard about Klein’s “immaterials” from another collector, Virginia Dwan, at whose gallery in Los Angeles I had first met Yves Klein and Rotraut, his German-born wife. Thus, when I agreed to buy one, I had some inkling, but not more, of what one did. First, I had to buy 160 grams of pure gold in sixteen ingots....
