Lot 49
  • 49

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

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

Catalogue Note

The names Carpecchi and Simoneau signify the singers who played the parts of Gugliemo and Ferrando.