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THBBalthus (French, 1908-2001) Study for La Leçon de guitare
Lot 372
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Balthus (French, 1908-2001)
Study for La Leçon de guitare
Unsigned, attributed, titled, and dated "...1934" in the catalogue raisonné (see below), with labels from B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Museum Ludwig, Köln, affixed to the frame backing.
Pencil on paper, sight size 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (21.5 x 29.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Crease u.l., scattered handling creases, rippling, foxing, not examined out of frame.
Literature: Virginie Monnier and Jean Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works (Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 1999), catalog number D 449, illustrated p. 220; Sabine Rewald, Balthus, Time Suspended: Paintings and Drawings 1932-1960 (Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2007), catalog number 30, illustrated p. 107; Sabine Rewald, Balthus (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984), p. 31, fig. 42.
Exhibitions: Balthus in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, August 2-November 9, 1980, checklist number 16 (as "Study for The Harp"); Balthus: Time Suspended, Paintings and Drawings 1932-1960, Museum Ludwig, Köln, August 18-November 4, 2007.
N.B. This drawing is one of many that Balthus made in preparation for the painting La Leçon de guitare, 1934 (currently in a private collection).
Estimate $8,000-12,000
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