Lot 22
  • 22

Balthus, 1908-2001

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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

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