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Balthus, 1908-2001
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Description
- Balthus
- ÉTUDE DE COSTUME MASCULIN
- inscribed Soldat and Carpecchi/ Simoneau; indistinctly inscribed on the reverse
gouache and pencil on paper
- 26.5 by 18.6cm.; 10½ by 7 3/8 in.
Provenance
Sylvia Bataille, Paris (a gift from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Virginie Monnier & Jean Clair, Balthus Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 524, no. T 1693, illustrated
Jean Clair (ed.), Balthus, London, 2001, p. 454, no. 180, illustrated
Jean Clair (ed.), Balthus, London, 2001, p. 454, no. 180, illustrated
Catalogue Note
The names Carpecchi and Simoneau signify the singers who played the parts of Gugliemo and Ferrando.