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Balthus, 1908-2001
bidding is closed
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
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
Jean Clair (ed.), Balthus, London, 2001, p. 450, no. 173, illustrated