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Balthus (1908-2001)
Lot 197Property from a Manhattan Private Collection

Balthus (1908-2001)

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Fermé16 May 2018

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Balthus (1908-2001)
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signed and dedicated 'To Paul with all my love Balthus ?' (lower right)
brown Conté crayon on paper
20 ½ x 16 ½ in. (52 x 42 cm.)
Drawn in 1927-1928

Paul Bourdin, Paris (gift from the artist).
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 June 1995, lot 289.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Paul Bourdin, the first owner of this work, was a journalist and close friend of the artist who worked for the Frankfurter Zeitung as a Paris correspondent from 1925 to 1943.