“It was then that I remembered the colour blue, the blue of the sky in nice that was at the origin of my career as monochromist. I started work towards the end of 1956 and in 1957 I had an exhibition in Milan which consisted entirely of what I dared to call my 'Epoque bleue.”

—  Yves Klein

In 1957; p. 31
before 1960, "Yves Klein, 1928 – 1962, Selected Writings"

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