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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 22, 2017 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale | 175 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | ETUDE POUR LES BEAUX JOURS |
paintings
37.9 x 45.7 cm (14.92 x 17.99 in)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
signed with the intial B and dated 44 (lower left)
Galerie Henriette Gomes, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the late 1980s
Ornans, Musée Gustave Courbet, Balthus dans la maison de Courbet, 1992, no. 17
Virginie Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, 1999, no. P 150, illustrated p. 145 and in colour p. 74
signed with the intial B and dated 44 (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
37.9 by 45.7cm., 14 7/8 by 18in.
Painted in 1944.
