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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2019 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale | 8A | $****** - ****** | Thérèse sur une banquette |
paintings
72.7 x 92.1 cm (28.63 x 36.25 in)
oil on board
signed and dated 'Balthus 1939' (lower left)
Frank Perls, Beverly Hills (acquired from the artist, 1962).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, April 1962.
The Arts Club of Chicago, Balthus, September-October 1964, no. 10 (illustrated).
Berkeley, University Art Museum, Balthus: Matrix, November-December 1980 (illustrated).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Monet to Matisse: French Art in the Southern California Collections, June-August 1991, p. 133 (illustrated in color; titled Interior).
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Balthus, September 2001-January 2002, p. 264, no. 60 (illustrated in color, p. 267; with incorrect support).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum, Balthus: Cats and Girls, September 2013-January 2014, p. 88, no. 13 (illustrated in color on the cover; illustrated in color again, p. 89; titled Thérèse on a Bench Seat and with incorrect support).
J. Leymarie, Balthus, New York, 1982, p. 130 (illustrated; titled Thérèse Lying on a Bench).
Balthus, exh. cat., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1984, p. 349, no. 56 (illustrated).
V. Monnier and J. Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works, New York, 1999, p. 136, no. P 121 (illustrated, p. 137).
J. Clair, Balthus, New York, 2001, p. 264, no. 60 (illustrated in color, p. 267).
R. Bouvier, Balthus, exh. cat., Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2018, p. 121 (illustrated in color, p. 120).
signed and dated 'Balthus 1939' (lower left)
oil on board
28 5/8 x 36 ¼ in. (72.7 x 91.9 cm.)
Painted in 1939
