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Auction archive: Lot number 208

Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)

Estimate
€15,000 - €20,000
ca. US$16,415 - US$21,887
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 208

Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)

Estimate
€15,000 - €20,000
ca. US$16,415 - US$21,887
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Details
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Portrait de Laurence B.
signé des initiales, daté et inscrit '- Pour Laurence - Bs. 49.' (au revers)
huile sur toile
55 x 45.9 cm.
Peint en 1949
signed with the initials, dated and inscribed '- Pour Laurence - Bs. 49.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.
Painted in 1949
Provenance
Laurence Bataille, France (don de l’artiste).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Literature
J. Leymarie, 'Le Dessin de Balthus' in Balthus, Dessins, aquarelles, huiles, cat. exp., Musée national d'art moderne, Paris et Fondation Basil et Elise Goulandris, Andros, 1990, p. 127.
V. Monnier et J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 156, no. P 196 (illustré, p. 157).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne et New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus, novembre 1983-mai 1984, p. 357, no. 100 (illustré en couleurs).
Ornans, Musée Gustave Courbet Balthus dans la maison de Courbet, été 1992, no. 20 (illustré).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").
If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Auction archive: Lot number 208
Auction:
Datum:
5 Apr 2023
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Details
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Portrait de Laurence B.
signé des initiales, daté et inscrit '- Pour Laurence - Bs. 49.' (au revers)
huile sur toile
55 x 45.9 cm.
Peint en 1949
signed with the initials, dated and inscribed '- Pour Laurence - Bs. 49.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.
Painted in 1949
Provenance
Laurence Bataille, France (don de l’artiste).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Literature
J. Leymarie, 'Le Dessin de Balthus' in Balthus, Dessins, aquarelles, huiles, cat. exp., Musée national d'art moderne, Paris et Fondation Basil et Elise Goulandris, Andros, 1990, p. 127.
V. Monnier et J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 156, no. P 196 (illustré, p. 157).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne et New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus, novembre 1983-mai 1984, p. 357, no. 100 (illustré en couleurs).
Ornans, Musée Gustave Courbet Balthus dans la maison de Courbet, été 1992, no. 20 (illustré).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").
If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Auction archive: Lot number 208
Auction:
Datum:
5 Apr 2023
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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