BALTHUS (1908-2001)

Lot 800
18.05.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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$ 200 000
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ID 1210011
Lot 800 | BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Balthus
Le panier de cerises
signed and dated ‘Balthus. 1961.’ (on the reverse)
oil and Casein on canvas
25 5/8 x 36 ¼ in. (65 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1956-1961




Provenance

Henri Samuel, Paris (acquired from the artist); Estate sale, Christie’s, London, 2 December 1996, lot 47.
Private collection, France (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

S. Klossowski de Rola, Balthus, London, 1983, p. 98, no. 51 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1956).
Balthus, exh. cat, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1983, no. 211, p. 376 (illustrated).
C. Roy, Balthus, Paris, 1996, p. 257 (illustrated in color; dated 1961).
S. Klossowski de Rola, Balthus, London, 1996, p. 157, no. 66 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1956).
V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, p. 188, no. P315 (illustrated).
S. Klossowski de Rola, Balthus, London, 2001, p. 157, no. 67 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1956).
E. Eerdmans, Henri Samuel, Master of the French Interior, New York, 2018, pp. 13 and 22 (illustrated in situ in Samuel's home).



Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino Communal, Balthus, May-September 1966, no. 42.
Paris, Galerie Henriette Gomès, Paysages et natures mortes de Balthus, June-July 1977.
Ornans, Musée Maison Natale de Gustave Courbet, Balthus dans la Maison de Courbet, July-September 1992, no. 47 (illustrated in color).
Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Balthus, May-August 1993, p. 106 (illustrated in color).
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