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Légumes dans un bol et huilier
Details
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Légumes dans un bol et huilier
signed with artist's monogram 'Bs' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil on paper
25 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (63.8 x 69.8 cm.)
Executed in 1970
Légumes dans un bol et huilier
signed with artist's monogram 'Bs' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil on paper
25 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (63.8 x 69.8 cm.)
Executed in 1970
Provenance
Frédérique Tison, the artist’s step-niece, Chassy.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, by 1971, by whom acquired from the above.
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above in 1972.
Francey & Martin L. Gecht, Chicago, by 1980.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, a gift from the above in 2005 and until 2009.
Private collection, United Kingdom.
The Lefevre Gallery [Alex. Reid & Lefevre], London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2022.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, by 1971, by whom acquired from the above.
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above in 1972.
Francey & Martin L. Gecht, Chicago, by 1980.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, a gift from the above in 2005 and until 2009.
Private collection, United Kingdom.
The Lefevre Gallery [Alex. Reid & Lefevre], London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2022.
Literature
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. D 1193, p. 346 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Balthus: dessins et aquarelles, October - November 1971, no. 65 (illustrated).
Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Balthus in Chicago, August - November 1980, no. 38 (titled 'Still life').
Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Balthus in Chicago, August - November 1980, no. 38 (titled 'Still life').
Special Notice
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