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Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Lot 160

Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)

Etude pour Le Lever

Closed5 May 2011

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Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Etude pour Le Lever
signed with monogram (lower left)
pencil on paper laid down on paper
19 x 14 1/8 in. (48.2 x 35.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1974

Estate of the artist.
Private collection (by descent from the above).
Robert Miller Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired by the present owner, 2008.

Specialist note

The present work is a preparatory drawing for the painting Le Lever (fig. 1).

(fig. 1) Balthus, Le Lever, 1975-1978. Private collection.