Balthus
Étude pour 'Femme couchée'
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR, ROME
BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI de ROLA) (1908-2001)
Étude pour 'Femme couchée'
signed with the artist's monogram (lower left)
pencil on paper
45.1 x 59.7cm (17 3/4 x 23 1/2in).
Executed in 1948
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, no. JK 2850. | Private collection, Switzerland (acquired in 1980, until at least 1996). | Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich (acquired by May 2002). | Private collection, Florida (acquired from the above); their sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2004, lot 425. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Christie's, New York, 4 November 2009, lot 134. | Private collection, Rome.
BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI de ROLA) (1908-2001)
Étude pour 'Femme couchée'
signed with the artist's monogram (lower left)
pencil on paper
45.1 x 59.7cm (17 3/4 x 23 1/2in).
Executed in 1948
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, no. JK 2850. | Private collection, Switzerland (acquired in 1980, until at least 1996). | Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich (acquired by May 2002). | Private collection, Florida (acquired from the above); their sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2004, lot 425. | Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Christie's, New York, 4 November 2009, lot 134. | Private collection, Rome.