Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Berger
BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI) (b. 1908)

細節
BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI) (b. 1908)

Etude pour "Les trois soeurs"

signed with initial and dated lower left B54--oil on canvas
38¾ x 31½ in. (98.4 x 80 cm.)

Painted in 1954
來源
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Albert Skira, Geneva
出版
J. Leymarie, Balthus, New York, 1982, p. 137 (illustrated)
ed., D. Bozo, Balthus, Paris, 1983, no. 140 (illustrated, p. 363)
展覽
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus, Jan., 1957, no. 5 (illustrated)
Chicago, The Arts Club, Balthus, Sept.-Oct., 1964, no. 19 (illustrated)
London, The Tate Gallery, Balthus, Oct.-Nov., 1968, no. 36 (illustrated)

拍品專文

The two models are Sylvia and Marie-Pierre Colle, daughters of Pierre Colle the art dealer and friend of Balthus. This is one of three studies for the series of five paintings of Les trois soeurs.