Photo 2: Yves Klein, Leap into the Void (1960), with the friends & tarpaulin removed... how the picture is known as Klein's performance being recorded.

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   Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 16:26:50 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

   The reality behind Yves Klein' Leap Into the Void (1960) - the before and after, for this famous bit of performance art....

   What happened on the day & the famous picture of Yves Klein's leap.

   [from The Guardian Saturday Magazine's feature on pictures that deceive - there are much more serious examples, but I always liked the simplicity of Klein's 'deception']

   #art