LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

73.23 in. (186.00 cm.) (height) by 55.12 in. (140.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials and dated 'Bs – 1935' (lower left); signed and dated (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus , November 1983-May 1984, pp. 132 and 344, no. 10/29 (illustrated and illustrated again in color) and p. 70, no. 8 (illustrated in color, p. 71) respectively

Literature:

A. Artaud, Oeuvres complètes , Paris, 1964, vol. 5, p. 53. J. Clair and V. Monnier, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works , Paris, 1995, p. 124, no. P80 (illustrated, p. 125). C. Roy, Balthus , Boston, 1996, p. 96 (illustrated in color, p. 99). N. F. Weber, Balthus: A Biography, New York, 1999, p. 258 (illustrated, p. 260). J. Clair, Balthus , New York, 2001, p. 442 (illustrated in color, fig. 1). S. Rewald, Balthus: Time Suspended, Paintings and Drawings, 1932-1960 , Munich, 2007, p. 18 (illustrated, fig. 21)

Provenance:

Lady Iya Abdy, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1935 and until at least 1984). Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London. Thomas Ammann Fine Art, AG., Zürich. Private collection, Norway; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 29 November 1988, lot 82. Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner