Klein experimented with various methods of applying paint; firstly different rollers and then later sponges, created a series of varied surfaces. He was obsssed with capturing the presense of objects that took up space and so this experimentation lead to a number of works he made using naked female models covered in blue paint and dragged across or layed upon canvases to make the image, using the models as 'living brushes'. This type of work he called Anthropometry.
Often created in public using paint coated nude models, the Anthropometries are body prints made directly on the canvas. Thes paintings, in which the artists hand played no part, retain an image that is as close as possible to their subject. In this sense, they present an objective measure of the body.
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