Lot Essay
This drawing a study for the oil Portrait of Hélène Anavi, 1952 (Monnier P214; Private collection; see fig. 1).
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Study for the Portrait of Hélène Anavi
Details
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Study for the Portrait of Hélène Anavi
charcoal on paper
29¼ x 21 1/8 in. (74.5 x 53.7 cm.)
Executed in 1952
Study for the Portrait of Hélène Anavi
charcoal on paper
29¼ x 21 1/8 in. (74.5 x 53.7 cm.)
Executed in 1952
Provenance
Acquired from the artist's family by the present owner in 2003.
Literature
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. D 687 (illustrated p. 260).
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