Lot Essay
According to Sabine Rewald, this drawing is related to a portrait which Balthus painted of Tamara Leibowitz in 1950 (cf. ed. D. Bozo, Balthus, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1983, p. 358, no. 109).
Property from the Estate of
Elizabeth Berger
BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI, b. 1908)
Details
BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI, b. 1908)
Portrait de Tamara Leibowitz
Conté crayon on paper
Image size: 8½ x 7¾ in. (21.6 x 19.7 cm.)
Sheet size: 13 x 9¼ in. (33 x 23.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1950
Portrait de Tamara Leibowitz
Conté crayon on paper
Image size: 8½ x 7¾ in. (21.6 x 19.7 cm.)
Sheet size: 13 x 9¼ in. (33 x 23.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1950
Provenance
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, Balthus, Oct.-Nov., 1968, no. 67 (illustrated)