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Jeune Fille À Sa Toilette by Balthus

Balthus

Jeune Fille À Sa Toilette, 1948

Oil on canvas
54.5 x 45.7 cm (21.46 x 17.99 in)
Paintings
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, New York (08 May 2014)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 8, 2014
Sotheby'sNew YorkImpressionist & Modern Art Day Sale387
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Jeune Fille À Sa Toilette
Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

54.5 x 45.7 cm (21.46 x 17.99 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Signature

Signed with the artist's monogram and dated 1948 (upper left)

Provenance

Claude Hersent (Hersaint), Meudon (acquired from the artist)

Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago

Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie., Geneva

Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris

Private Collection, France (acquired by 1977)

Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London

James Kirkman, London

Sale: Christie's, London, June 23, 1997, lot 47

Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus, 1949, no. 23; New York, Museum of Modern Art, Balthus, 1956, no. 18; Cambridge, The New Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Balthus, 1964, no. 14; Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago, Balthus, 1964, no. 14; Geneva, Galerie Krugier & Cie., Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet, 1967, no. 17, illustrated in the catalogue; London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Balthus Drawings, 1968; London, The Tate Gallery, Balthus, 1968, no. 27, illustrated in the catalogue (image reversed); Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus, 1983-84, no. 87, illustrated in the catalogue; London, Annely Juda Fine Art & Juda Rowan Gallery, Masterpieces of the Avantgarde, 1985, no. 8, illustrated in color in the catalogue; Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Balthus, 2001-02, no. 75, illustrated in color in the catalogue; Vevey, Musée Jenisch, Balthus. De Piero della Francesca à Alberto Giacometti, 2002, no. 14, illustrated in color in the catalogue; Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Balthus. 100e anniversaire, 2008, no. 51, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature

Jean Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1982, illustrated p. 140; Jean Leymarie, Balthus, Geneva, 1990, illustrated p. 144; Claude Roy, Balthus, Paris, 1996, p. 73; Jean Clair & Virginie Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, 1999, no. P170, illustrated p. 149; Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz, Balthus, Paris, 2000, illustrated pp. 62 & 78; Jean Clair, Balthus, Paris, 2001, no. 75, p. 292, illustrated in color p. 295