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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Michelina
Details
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Michelina
signed with the artist's monogram (lower right)
pencil on buff paper
15 5⁄8 x 11 ¾ in. (39.8 x 29.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1973
Michelina
signed with the artist's monogram (lower right)
pencil on buff paper
15 5⁄8 x 11 ¾ in. (39.8 x 29.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1973
Provenance
Piero Bigongiari, Florence, by 1982.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 2000, lot 267.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 June 2005, lot 388.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 2000, lot 267.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 June 2005, lot 388.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Carandente, Balthus, Drawings and Watercolours, London, 1983, no. 105, p. 96 (illustrated; titled 'Michelina III').
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. D1288, p. 363 (illustrated).
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. D1288, p. 363 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Spoleto, Palazzo Racani-Arroni, Balthus: disegni e acquarelli, June - July 1982, no. 105, p. 96 (illustrated; titled 'Michelina III').
Rome, French Cultural Center, Balthus, 1989, no. 29.
Rome, French Cultural Center, Balthus, 1989, no. 29.
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