Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)

Etude pour Nu couché

Details

Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Etude pour Nu couché
signed with monogram (lower left)
pencil on paper
11¾ x 15¾ in. (29.9 x 40 cm.)
Drawn in 1976-1977

Provenance

Galleria d'arte Il Gabiano, Rome (acquired from the artist).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1985, lot 216.
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. 379, no. D 1383 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The present work is a preparatory drawing for the painting Nu couché (fig. 1).

(fig. 1) Balthus, Nu couché, 1983-1986. Private collection.

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