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An anthropometry performance of french artist Yves Klein (1928 - 1962) held to orchestral music at the Galerie Internationale d'Art Contemporain in Paris, 1960. Famous for his 'International Klein Blue', Klein pioneered a new technique of human expression through painting his models, then directing them as they lay writhing on a canvas, as he stood back smoking a cigarette. (KEYSTONE/CAMERA PRESS/B/S)