- 22
Balthus, 1908-2001
bidding is closed
Description
- Balthus
- ÉTUDES POUR LE COSTUME DE DON ALPHONSO
- inscribed Don Alphonso (Cortis) and with colour annotations on the verso
- watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, recto and verso
- 24 by 37cm.; 9½ by 14½in. (irregular)
Provenance
Sylvia Bataille, Paris (a gift from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Claude Roy, Balthus, Paris, 1996, p. 215 (recto), illustrated
Virginie Monnier & Jean Clair, Balthus Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 526-527, nos. T 1700 & T 1701, illustrated
Jean Clair (ed.), Balthus, London, 2001, p. 456, nos. 183 & 184, illustrated
Virginie Monnier & Jean Clair, Balthus Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 526-527, nos. T 1700 & T 1701, illustrated
Jean Clair (ed.), Balthus, London, 2001, p. 456, nos. 183 & 184, illustrated