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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2021 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 1033 | $****** - ****** | Étude pour "Le Chat de la Méditerranée" |
paintings
45.7 x 61 cm (18 x 24 in)
Oil on board
Laurence Bataille, Paris (a gift from the artist) Private Collection, France (by descent from the above and sold: Sotheby's, London, February 5, 2002, lot 53) Private Collection, United States (acquired at the above sale)Acquired from the above in 2002
Gainesville, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida (on loan April 2013-14)New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus: Cats and Girls - Paintings and Provocations, 2013-14, no. 28, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Jean Leymaire, Balthus, Geneva, 1982, pl. 51, illustrated p. 133Balthus (exhibition catalogue), Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1983-84, no. 103, illustrated p. 357Nicholas Fox Weber, Balthus. A Biography, New York, 1999, discussed pp. 419-20 Virginie Monnier & Jean Clair, Balthus. Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, no. P 192, illustrated p. 155Balthus (exhibition catalogue), Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2001, illustrated in color p. 316
