Lot 49
  • 49

Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola)

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola)
  • Studio per 'Le Lever' (recto); Ritratto di Michelina (verso)
  • monogrammato Bs e dedicato Per Tutsi con amore (recto); monogrammato Bs e dedicato Questa volta per Giorgio (verso)

  • matita su carta (recto e verso)
  • cm 37x49
  • Eseguito nel 1974

Provenance

Acquisito direttamente dell'artista

Literature

V. Monnier, J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Parigi 1999, n. D1317 (recto) e D1318 (verso), pag. 368, illustrati

Condition

This work appears to be in gegerally good overall condition. The paper is uniformly yellowish than in the catalogue illustration. The drawing is mounted in a recto-verso double glass frame. Lot not inspected out of frame.
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