Rotraut Klein, five original photographs, 1963

Sent by Rotraut Klein from Paris to Willem de Ridder, in original envelope postmarked 21 5 1964. Photos by the famous photographer Shunk Kender (4 pictures, 18.2 x 24 cm) and Pierre Vozlinsky Paris (12.8 x 17 cm), all stamped with photographer's information on verso. Featured are reproductions of Rotraut's paintings 'Nébuleuse' and 'Lune' (both 1963).

In 1964 the artist had a solo show at Galerie Amstel 47 in Amsterdam, curated by de Ridder, presenting several intergalactic paintings. An article in the Dutch newspaper NRC of June 4 1964 described her bold arrival to the gallery, driving an open sportscar filled with large canvases, and praised her mesmerizing photorealistic rendering of the cosmos. (total 5) *Rotraut Klein-Moquay (born 1938), known as Rotraut, is a German-French visual artist. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions since 1959, when she had her first one woman show at New Visions Center, London. She is Gunther Uecker's sister. As Yves Klein's widow, she runs the Yves Klein Archives.