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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOCELYN WALKER
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Buste de jeune fille
Details
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Buste de jeune fille
signed and dated 'Balthus 1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
16 1⁄8 x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Buste de jeune fille
signed and dated 'Balthus 1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
16 1⁄8 x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.
Jocelyn Walker, London, by whom acquired from the above by 1970, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Jocelyn Walker, London, by whom acquired from the above by 1970, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva & New York, 1982, p. 140.
Balthus, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1983, no. 79, p. 353 (illustrated; titled ‘Buste de femme’).
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990, p. 144.
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. P 160, p. 147 (illustrated; catalogued with incorrect dimensions).
J. Clair (ed.), Balthus, exh. cat., Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2001, fig. 1, p. 290 (illustrated; catalogued with incorrect dimensions).
Balthus, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1983, no. 79, p. 353 (illustrated; titled ‘Buste de femme’).
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990, p. 144.
V. Monnier & J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. P 160, p. 147 (illustrated; catalogued with incorrect dimensions).
J. Clair (ed.), Balthus, exh. cat., Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2001, fig. 1, p. 290 (illustrated; catalogued with incorrect dimensions).
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