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Jeune fille assise
Details
Balthus (1908-2001)
Jeune fille assise
signed, dated and dedicated 'A mon cher Albert Balthus, 1949' (lower right)
pencil on paper
12 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. (31 x 42.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1949
Jeune fille assise
signed, dated and dedicated 'A mon cher Albert Balthus, 1949' (lower right)
pencil on paper
12 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. (31 x 42.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1949
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, a gift from the artist to the father of the present owner in the early 1950s.
Literature
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. D 660, p. 255 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Balthus, May - August 1993.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Balthus, 100e anniversaire, June - November 2008, no. 125, p. 248 (illustrated pp. 182 & 217).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Balthus, 100e anniversaire, June - November 2008, no. 125, p. 248 (illustrated pp. 182 & 217).
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