BALTHUS (1908-2001)

Lot 569
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Lot 569 | BALTHUS (1908-2001)
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BALTHUS (1908-2001)

Légumes dans un bol et huilier

signed with artist's monogram 'Bs' (lower right)

watercolour and pencil on paper

25 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (63.8 x 69.8 cm.)

Executed in 1970





Provenance

Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, by 1971, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist.

Francey & Martin L. Gecht, Chicago, by 1980.

John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.

Museum of Modern Art, New York, a gift from the above in 2005 and until 2009.

Private collection, United Kingdom.

The Lefevre Gallery [Alex. Reid & Lefevre], London.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2022.



Literature

V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. D 1193, p. 346 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Balthus: dessins et aquarelles, October - November 1971, no. 65 (illustrated).

Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Balthus in Chicago, August - November 1980, no. 38.



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