Lot Essay
The present work is a preparatory drawing for the painting by Balthus entitled Femme couchée of 1948 (Monnier, no. P 172), for which the model was Jacqueline Matisse.
Etude pour Femme couchée
Details
Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Etude pour Femme couchée
signed with monogram (lower left)
pencil on buff paper
17¾ x 23½ in. (45.1 x 59.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1948
Etude pour Femme couchée
signed with monogram (lower left)
pencil on buff paper
17¾ x 23½ in. (45.1 x 59.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1948
Provenance
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich.
Private collection, Florida (acquired from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2004, lot 425.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich.
Private collection, Florida (acquired from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2004, lot 425.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, p. 243, no. D 588 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Vevey, Switzerland, Musée Jenisch, Balthus, De Piero della Francesca à Alberto Giacometti, May-August 2002, no. 44 (illustrated, pp. 43 and 129).
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