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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Oct 25, 2022 | Sotheby's | Paris | Modernités | 37 | $****** - ****** | Tôt le matin | |||
May 5, 1994 | Finarte Casa d'Aste | Milan | Modern & Contemporary Art | 78 | $****** - ****** | Tôt le matin |
paintings
75 x 72 cm (29.53 x 28.35 in)
oil on canvas
signed with the monogram Bs. and dated 54 (towards lower right); signed with the monogram Bs. and dated 1954. (on the reverse) signé du monogramme Bs. et daté rs le bas droit) sign
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago
Galleria Galatea, Turin
Loeb & Krugier Gallery, New York
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva
Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, London
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Galleria Marescalchi, Bologne
Private collection
Sale: Finarte, Milan, May 5, 1994, lot 78
Private collection, Italy
Private collection, Bologna
Thence by descent to the present owner
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquis directement auprès de l'artiste)
Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago
Galleria Galatea, Turin
Loeb & Krugier Gallery, New York
Galerie Jan Krugier, Genève
Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, Londres
Marlborough Fine Art, Londres
Galleria Marescalchi, Bologne
Collection particulière
Vente: Finarte, Milan, 5 mai 1994, lot 78
Collection particulière, Italie
Collection particulière, Bologne
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus , 1957, no. 3, illustrated in the catalogue np.
Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi, Second Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, 1967-68
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim, Acquisition priorities, Aspects of Postwar Painting in Europe , 1983, no. 22, illustrated in the catalogue p. 35
Bologna, Galleria Marescalchi, Nel segno dei grandi , 1994, no. 3, illustrated in the catalogue p. 39
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New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus, 1957, no. 3, reproduit dans le catalogue np.
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Second Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, 1967-68
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim, Acquisition priorities, Aspects of Postwar Painting in Europe , 1983, no. 22, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 35
Bologne, Galleria Marescalchi, Nel segno dei grandi , 1994, no. 3, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 39
Balthus (exhibition catalogue), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris & Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, no. 138, illustrated p. 363
Jean Leymarie, Balthus , Geneva, 1990, illustrated p. 133
Jean Clair & Virginie Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet , Paris, 1999, no. P230, illustrated p. 166
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Balthus (catalogue d'exposition), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris & Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, no. 138, reproduit p. 363
Jean Leymarie, Balthus , Genève, 1990, reproduit p. 133
Jean Clair & Virginie Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet , Paris, 1999, no. P230, reproduit p. 166
Property from a Distinguished European Collection
Balthus
1908 - 2001
Tôt le matin
signed with the monogram Bs. and dated 54 (towards lower right); signed with the monogram Bs. and dated 1954. (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
75 x 72 cm; 29½ x 28⅜ in.
Painted in 1954.
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Provenant d'une Prestigieuse Collection Européenne
Balthus
1908 - 2001
Tôt le matin
signé du monogramme Bs. et daté 54 (vers le bas droit); signé du monogramme Bs. et daté 1954. (au dos)
huile sur toile
75 x 72 cm; 29½ x 28⅜ in.
Peint en 1954.
