ID 1306212
Lot 248 | BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Buste de jeune fille
signed and dated 'Balthus 1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.
Jocelyn Walker, London, by whom acquired from the above by 1970, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva & New York, 1982, p. 140.
Balthus, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1983, no. 79, p. 353 (illustrated; titled ‘Buste de femme’).
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990, p. 144.
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. P 160, p. 147 (illustrated; catalogued with incorrect dimensions).
J. Clair (ed.), Balthus, exh. cat., Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2001, fig. 1, p. 290 (illustrated; catalogued with incorrect dimensions).
| Artist: | Balthus (1908 - 2001) |
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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Europe, Poland |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Balthus (1908 - 2001) |
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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Europe, Poland |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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