Nicola McCartney

A FLOCK (AFTER KLEIN)

Card
2010

Limited edition of 50.
Signed and numbered by the artist. 

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Text on front:
AS I LAY STRETCHED UPON THE BEACH OF NICE, I BEGAN TO FEEL HATRED FOR BIRDS WHICH FLEW BACK AND FORTH ACROSS MY BLUE, CLOUDLESS, SKY, BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO BORE HOLES IN MY GREATEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL WORK. 

Text on reverse, top:
NICOLA MCCARTNEY, A FLOCK (AFTER KLEIN), 2010. LIMITED EDITION OF 50.

Text on reverse, bottom:
REVERSE TEXT: A QUOTE BY YVES KLEIN FROM THE CHELSEA HOTEL MANIFESTO, 1961

IN 1961, AT THE TIME OF HIS FIRST ONE-PERSON SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY, HELD UNDER THE AEGIS OF 
LEO CASTELLI AT THE CHELSEA HOTEL, YVES KLEIN MEDITATED ON HIS WORK AND LIFE IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGY. 
HIS PERFORMANCE IS NOW KNOWN AS THE CHELSEA HOTEL MANIFESTO. THE GAGOSIAN GALLERY HAS 
COPYRIGHTED THIS MANIFESTO SINCE 1989.

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