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BALTHUS (1908-2001)

Lot 7
12.05.2022 19:00UTC -05:00
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ID 745089
Lot 7 | BALTHUS (1908-2001)
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BALTHUS (1908-2001)Jeune fille à la fenêtresigned and dated 'Balthus 1955' (lower right)oil and Casein on canvas76 3⁄4 x 51 1⁄4 in. (195 x 130 cm.)Painted in 1955 Provenance Claude Hersent, Meudon (acquired from the artist, by 1956).Hélène Anavi, France (acquired from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 27 March 1984, lot 33.Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired at the above sale).Acquired from the above by the late owner, circa 1985. Literature Y. Bonnefoy, L’Improbable, Paris, 1959, p. 72. J. Russell, Balthus, exh. cat., Tate Gallery, London, 1968, p. 26 (illustrated; titled The Window and dated 1958). J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1978 (illustrated in color, pl. 24). J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1982, p. 135 (illustrated; illustrated again in color, p. 78). S. Klossowski de Rola, Balthus, London, 1983, p. 98 (illustrated in color, pl. 47). G. Régnier, Balthus, exh. cat., Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1983, pp. 184 and 364, no. 45⁄148 (illustrated in color, p. 185; illustrated again, pp. 296 and 364). B. Foucart, “Artiste-Peintre figuratif" in Beaux-Arts, November 1983, no. 7, p. 36 (illustrated in color, fig. 2). J. Heilpern, “The Bass Reserve” in Vogue, December 1988, p. 345 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home). C. Irvine, Remarkable Private New York Residences, New York, 1990, p. 11 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home, pp. 10 and 14). J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990 (illustrated, pl. 25). J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990, p. 138 (illustrated; illustrated again in color, p. 70). K. Kisaragi, S. Takashina and K. Motoe, Balthus, Tokyo, 1994 (illustrated, pl. 34). X. Xing, Balthus, Shanghai, 1995 (illustrated in color, pl. 36). S. Klossowski de Rola, Balthus, New York, 1996, p. 156, no. 60 (illustrated in color). C. Roy, Balthus, Paris, 1996, p. 168. V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, p. 171, no. P 253 (illustrated). A. Vircondelet, Les chats de Balthus, Paris, 2000, p. 44 (illustrated in color, p. 45).D. Hampton, Mark Hampton: An American Decorator, New York, 2009, p. 132 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home). Exhibited New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Balthus, December 1956-February 1957, p. 33, no. 31 (illustrated; titled The Window).Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Balthus, September 2001-January 2002, p. 352, no. 107 (illustrated in color, p. 353).New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus: Cats and Girls, September 2013-January 2014, p. 134, no. 36 (illustrated in color, p. 135).
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