YVES KLEIN (NICE 1928 - PARIS 1962) "La terre bleue' 1957 IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast (in plexiglass case) 35x23x20.5 cm Artist's monogram on the base Numbered 61/300 on the label under the base Conceived in 1957, this work is part of a posthumous edition produced in 1990 by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, and created by Jean-Paul Ledeur, Paris Provenance Private collection, Bologna Exhibitions P. Wember “Yves Klein†Cologne, 1969, p. 137, no. RP 7 ill. P. Restany "Yves Klein" Paris, 1982, p. 226 ill. Yves Klein, exhibition catalog Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1983, p. 109 ill. P-G. Persin “Jean-Paul Ledeur†in “L'Oeil, No. 452†Paris, June 1993, p. 78 ill. J.-P. Ledeur “Yves Klein: Catalogues raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées†Knokke-le-Zoute, 2000, p. 242 ill. H. Weitemeier “Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue†Cologne, 2001, p. 83 ill. Yves Klein, exhibition catalogue" Lugano, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, 2003, p. 149 ill. (other examples illustrated)