LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

49.37 in. (125.40 cm.) (height) by 67.05 in. (170.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Balthus 1963-64' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Balthus, May-June 1966, no. 48, p. 53 (illustrated p. 54).Knokke-le-Zoute, Municipal Casino, Balthus, July-September 1966, no. 44, p. 53 (illustrated p. 54).New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus: "Les Chambre turque", "Les Trois Soeurs", Drawings and Watercolors (1933-1966), March-April 1967, no. 3 (illustrated).London, Tate Gallery, Balthus, October-November 1968, no. 58, p. 88 (illustrated).Marseilles, Musée Cantini, Balthus, July-September 1973, no. 44 (illustrated).Venice, Biennale Internazionale Arte Venezia, Balthus, 1980, no. 42, p. 63 (illustrated).Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Balthus, January-March 1996.Rome, Accademia Valentino, Omaggio a Balthus, October 1996-January 1997, p. 105 (illustrated).

Literature:

J. Leymarie, Balthus, New York, 1978, pl. 40 (illustrated).J. Leymarie, Balthus, New York, 1982, p. 137 (illustrated pp. 106, 137).Exh. cat., S. Rewald, Balthus,. The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1983, p. 53 (illustrated).X. Xing, Balthus, Shanghai, 1995, pl. 60 (illustrated).C. Roy, "Notezien zu Balthus", Du, Zurich, 1996, p. 201.J. Clair & V. Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, no. P.326, p. 191 (illustrated).M.-P. Colle, S. Lorant-Colle & B. Saalburg, Balthus, Las Tres Hermanas, Milan, 2000 (illustrated on the front cover, p. 39 and throughout in detail).

Provenance:

Private collection, a gift from the artist; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 78.Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.