Lot Essay
Virginie Monnier will include this drawing in the forthcoming Balthus catalogue raisonn to be published by Editions Gallimard, Paris.
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Jeune fille assise
Details
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski; b. 1908)
Jeune fille assise
signed 'Balthus' (lower left)
pencil on paper
16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 29.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1970-1971
Jeune fille assise
signed 'Balthus' (lower left)
pencil on paper
16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 29.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1970-1971
Provenance
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
Acquired from the above by Harry Torczyner in 1972
Acquired from the above by Harry Torczyner in 1972
Literature
M. Peppiatt, "Balthus, Klossowski, Bellmer: Three approaches to the flesh," Art International, The Lugano Review, vol. XVII, no. 8, October 1973, p. 23 (illustrated).
S. Rewald, Balthus, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Muse National d'Art Moderne, Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, p. 148 (illustrated, fig. 128).
S. Rewald, Balthus, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Muse National d'Art Moderne, Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, p. 148 (illustrated, fig. 128).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Balthus: dessins et aquarelles, October 1971, no. 58 (illustrated).