Lot 53
  • 53

Balthus, 1908-2001

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Description

  • Balthus
  • ÉTUDE POUR LA TOILE DE FOND DES ACTES I, SCÈNE 1, ET ACTE II, SCÈNE 4 (LA BAIE DE NAPLES)
  • gouache and pencil on paper
  • 48.5 by 61cm.; 19 by 24in.

Provenance

Sylvia Bataille, Paris (a gift from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, Balthus, 1983-1984, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue

Literature

Virginie Monnier & Jean Clair, Balthus Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 522, no. T 1681, illustrated
Jean Clair (ed.), Balthus, London, 2001, p. 450, no. 173, illustrated