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Bouquet de fleurs
Details
Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Bouquet de fleurs
signed with the monogram and dated '56' (lower left)
oil on panel
21 5/8 x 22 7/8 in. (55 x 58 cm.)
Painted in 1956
Bouquet de fleurs
signed with the monogram and dated '56' (lower left)
oil on panel
21 5/8 x 22 7/8 in. (55 x 58 cm.)
Painted in 1956
Provenance
Galerie Henriette Gomès, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist.
André Gomès, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Briest, Paris, 18 June 1997, lot 144.
André Gomès, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Briest, Paris, 18 June 1997, lot 144.
Literature
Exh. cat. Balthus, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1983, no. 172, p. 368.
J. Leymarie, exh. cat. Balthus, Villa Medici, Rome, 1990, p. 141.
X. Xing, exh. cat. Balthus, Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 40.
J. Clair & V. Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, no. P267 (illustrated p. 175).
J. Leymarie, exh. cat. Balthus, Villa Medici, Rome, 1990, p. 141.
X. Xing, exh. cat. Balthus, Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 40.
J. Clair & V. Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, no. P267 (illustrated p. 175).
Exhibited
Ornans, Musée Maison natale Gustave Courbet, Balthus dans la maison de Courbet, Summer 1992, no. 37.
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