Lot Essay
The present work also features a sketch in red colored pencil of a young girl on the reverse.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski De Rola, 1908-2001)
Etude pour "Portrait de la princess Radziwill"
Details
Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski De Rola, 1908-2001)
Etude pour "Portrait de la princess Radziwill"
signed with monogram and dated '1943' (lower left)
pencil on paper
11 x 8¼ in. (27.9 x 20.9 cm.)
Drawn in 1943
Etude pour "Portrait de la princess Radziwill"
signed with monogram and dated '1943' (lower left)
pencil on paper
11 x 8¼ in. (27.9 x 20.9 cm.)
Drawn in 1943
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1981, lot 410.
Dean Clough, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984.
Dean Clough, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984.
Literature
V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, p. 228, no. D 492 (illustrated).
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