Modern Art Online including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso

Modern Art Online including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso

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Lot Closed

May 4, 02:35 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Balthus

1908 - 2001

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pen and ink on paper

24.5 by 31.8cm., 9⅝ by 12½in.

Framed: 45.4 by 51.2cm., 17⅞ by 20⅜in.

Executed in 1948.

Tony Curtis, Beverly Hills (acquired from the artist. Sold: Julien's Auctions, Beverly Hills, Property From The Estate Of Tony Curtis, 17th September 2011, lot 346)
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale. Sold: Christie's, South Kensington, 22nd June 2012, lot 75)
Private Collection, Switzerland 
Sale: Germann Auktionshaus AG, Zurich, 6th June 2016, lot 31
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Virginie Monnier & Jean Clair, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, 1999, no. D647, illustrated p. 253