Live Auction 2438Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Lot 161

Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)

Etude pour Nu couché

Closed5 May 2011

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Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001)
Etude pour Nu couché
signed with monogram (lower left)
pencil on paper
11¾ x 15¾ in. (29.9 x 40 cm.)
Drawn in 1976-1977

Galleria d'arte Il Gabiano, Rome (acquired from the artist).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1985, lot 216.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is a preparatory drawing for the painting Nu couché (fig. 1).

(fig. 1) Balthus, Nu couché, 1983-1986. Private collection.