La Terre Bleue (RP 7). 1957/1990.
Multiple. IKB-Pigment over plaster. In plexiglass box.
With the artistr's signet. Underside with the edition label, there numbered by a hand other than that of the artist. From an edition of 300 copies. 34 x 17 x 17 cm (13.3 x 6.6 x 6.6 in), without plexiglass box.
Published by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, 1990. [SM].

• Yves Klein is a master of monochromy, and was a co-founder of "Nouveau Réalisme", one of the most important groups of the 20th century, around 1960.
• His patented "International Klein Blue" is an expression of a spiritual and at the same time sensual experience.
• Purchased directly from the publisher.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (since 2006, acquired directly from the above).

EXHIBITION: Nouveau Réalisme, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems-Stein, November 21, 2010 - February 20, 2011 (no cat.).
Facing the Future. Art in Europe 1945-1968, BOZAR Brussels, June 23 - September 25, 2016; ZKM Karlsruhe, October 21, 2016 - January 29, 2017; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, March 6 - May 28, 2017, cat. no. 345.

LITERATURE: Paul Wember, Yves Klein. Werkverzeichnis, Biographie, Bibliographie, Ausstellungsverzeichnis, Cologne 1969, no. RP 7, p. 137 (with black-and-white illu.).