Lot Essay
The signature, inscription and date seem to have been added in the late 1990s since they cannot be seen on photographs reproduced in earlier catalogues
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Basket of fruit
Details
Balthus (1908-2002)
Basket of fruit
signed, inscribed and dated 'Balthus 1965 à Rome' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
14 x 18½in. (35.7 x 47cm.)
Basket of fruit
signed, inscribed and dated 'Balthus 1965 à Rome' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
14 x 18½in. (35.7 x 47cm.)
Provenance
Lefevre Gallery, London
Literature
J.-P. Faye, Balthus: Les Dessins, Paris, 1998, p.95
V. Monnier, J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p.321, no.D1049
V. Monnier, J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p.321, no.D1049
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1967, no.30
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, 1971, no.57
Spolete, Palazzo Racani-Aroni, 1982, no.78
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, 1971, no.57
Spolete, Palazzo Racani-Aroni, 1982, no.78