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Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Portrait de Valérie Henchoz (recto); Valérie agenouillée (verso)
signé, daté et inscrit 'Valerie Henchoz Pour Stasz Balthus. 1993' (recto; en bas au centre)
graphite sur papier (recto; verso)
29.8 x 21 cm.

signed, dated and inscribed 'Valerie Henchoz Pour Stasz Balthus. 1993' (recto; lower centre)
pencil on paper (recto; verso)
1134 x 814 in.
Provenance
Don de l'artiste à son fils, propriétaire actuel, en 1993.
Exhibited
New York, Dickinson Roundell Inc., Balthus, Drawings From the Collection of Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, novembre 2000, p. 44, no. 35 (illustré en couleurs).
Rossinière, Fondation Balthus, Les Desseins de Balthus, juin-septembre 2005, p. 78 (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.
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Setsuko Klossowska de Rola a confirmé l'authenticité de cette œuvre.

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