Sunday, January 21: Yves Klein and Rotraut Uecker were married at the Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs church in Paris. Every aspect of the ceremony was meticulously orchestrated by Klein himself, with true concern for ritual. The invitation card was stamped with Yves Klein’s coat-of-arms (blazon of blue fields, horizontal stripes bearing the rose and the bee, the symbol of life through love and labor). The text was printed in three colors, blue, gold, and pink. A guard of honor, made up of knights of the Order of Saint Sebastian, welcomed the bride and groom as they left the church. The ceremony was followed by a reception at La Coupole, where the guests were served a blue cocktail. The party later moved over to Larry Rivers’ studio. That very day, Christo Javacheff began the immortalization of the event on canvas; but the painting itself, to which Yves Klein contributed, remains unfinished today. The blue sponge which was initially planned is still missing.