Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)

Etude pour Le Lever

Details

Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Etude pour Le Lever
signed with monogram (lower left)
pencil on paper laid down on paper
19 x 14 1/8 in. (48.2 x 35.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1974

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Private collection (by descent from the above).
Robert Miller Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired by the present owner, 2008.

Literature

V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, p. 368, no. D 1314 (illustrated).

Sale Room Notice

Please note the correct medium for the present lot:

pencil on paper laid down on paper

Lot Essay

The present work is a preparatory drawing for the painting Le Lever (fig. 1).

(fig. 1) Balthus, Le Lever, 1975-1978. Private collection.

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