Balthus (1908-2001)
Jeune fille assoupie
signed with monogram and dated '49' (lower right)
pencil on paper
15 1/8 x 16 3/8 in. (38.5 x 41.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1949
Balthus (1908-2001)
Jeune fille assoupie
signed with monogram and dated '49' (lower right)
pencil on paper
15 1/8 x 16 3/8 in. (38.5 x 41.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1949
Albert Loeb & Krugier Gallery, Inc., New York (by 1966). Anon. sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 25 June 1974, lot 66. Anon. sale, Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 15 June 1977, lot A. B.C. Holland, Inc., Chicago (1980). David Settles Gallery, Houston. Jeffrey Hoffeld & Co., New York. Kay Hillman, New York. Acquired from the above by the late owner, May 1984.
V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, Paris, 1999, p. 255, no. 656 (illustrated).
New York, Albert Loeb & Krugier Gallery, Inc., Alberto Giacometti & Balthus, December 1966, p. 61, no. 45 (illustrated; titled Nude Asleep).
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