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Nature morte au chapeau bernois
Details
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Nature morte au chapeau bernois
oil on canvas
23 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. (60.3 x 72.5 cm.)
Painted in Beatenberg in 1928
Nature morte au chapeau bernois
oil on canvas
23 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. (60.3 x 72.5 cm.)
Painted in Beatenberg in 1928
Provenance
Gertrude Dunant, Paris.
Peter Wydler, by whom acquired from the above in 1973, until at least 1999.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2005, lot 203.
M. & Mme. Robert Schmit, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale; their sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 8 December 2021, lot 8.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Peter Wydler, by whom acquired from the above in 1973, until at least 1999.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2005, lot 203.
M. & Mme. Robert Schmit, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale; their sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 8 December 2021, lot 8.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, New York, 1999, no. P46, p. 113 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
Karuizawa, Musée d'Art Mercian, Balthus et Giacometti, 1997 (illustrated; dated '1929').
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