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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2022 | Christie's | New York | The Collection of Anne H. Bass | 9C | $****** - ****** | Les trois soeurs |
paintings
130.5 x 174.9 cm (51.38 x 68.88 in)
oil on canvas
signed and inscribed 'Balthus 1965 Collection Frederique Tison' (on the reverse)
Frédérique Tison, Chassy, France (acquired from the artist).
Tony Curtis, Los Angeles (by 1968).
Thomas Ammann Fine Arts, Zürich (by 1976).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 31 January 1984.
Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs and Knokke-le-Zoute, Municipal Casino, Balthus , May-September 1966, no. 50 and 46, respectively.
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus: “La chambre turque," "Les trois sœurs,” Drawings and Watercolors, March-April 1967, no. 4.
London, Tate Gallery, Balthus , October-November 1968, p. 40, no. 59 (dated 1965-1966).
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Balthus , July-September 1973, no. 44.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Acquisition Priorities: Aspects of Post-War Painting in America , October 1976-January 1977, p. 37, no. 24 (illustrated in color; dated 1966).
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1978 (illustrated in color, pl. 41).
J. Leymarie, Balthus , Geneva, 1982, p. 137 (illustrated; illustrated again in color, p. 107; dated 1966).
G. Régnier, Balthus , exh. cat., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1983, p. 377, no. 216 (illustrated).
J. Heilpern, “The Bass Reserve” in Vogue , December 1988, p. 348 (illustrated in color; dated 1966).
C. Irvine, Remarkable Private New York Residences, New York, 1990, p. 11 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home, p. 15).
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990 (illustrated, pl. 42).
J. Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990, p. 136 (illustrated; illustrated again in color, p. 95).
X. Xing, Balthus , Shanghai, 1995 (illustrated in color, pl. 61).
C. Roy, Balthus , Paris, 1996, p. 200 (illustrated in color).
V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works , Paris, 1999, p. 191, P 325 (illustrated).
J. Leymarie, M.-P. Colle, S. Lorant and B. Saalburg, Balthus: Las tres hermanas , Mexico City, 2000, p. 41 (illustrated in color; details illustrated in color, pp. 73 and 124; dated 1964-1966).
J. Clair, ed., Balthus , exh. cat., Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2001, p. 344 (illustrated in color, fig. 7).
BALTHUS (1908-2001)
Les trois soeurs
signed and inscribed 'Balthus 1965 Collection Frederique Tison' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 3⁄8 x 68 7⁄8 in. (130.5 x 175 cm.)
Painted in 1964
