Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FOUNDATION*
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, 1901-2001)
Sans titre
Details
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, 1901-2001)
Sans titre
indistinctly inscribed (lower center) and numbered '25-20' (lower left); inscribed and dated 'Lord. Caricature par Balthus dessiné sur la nappe du restaurant La Reine Christine. 1954' (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper laid down on paper
8¼ x 6½ in. (21 x 16.5 cm.)
Executed in 1954
Sans titre
indistinctly inscribed (lower center) and numbered '25-20' (lower left); inscribed and dated 'Lord. Caricature par Balthus dessiné sur la nappe du restaurant La Reine Christine. 1954' (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper laid down on paper
8¼ x 6½ in. (21 x 16.5 cm.)
Executed in 1954
Provenance
James Lord, Paris.
Pierre Matisse, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Pierre Matisse, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. Cr 1805, p. 550 (illustrated).