La Séance de pose

Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
La Séance de pose
monogrammé et inscrit 'Pour Stasz Bs.' (en haut à droite)
graphite et estompe sur papier
42 x 56 cm.
Exécuté en 1975

signed with the monogram and inscribed 'Pour Stasz Bs.' (upper right)
pencil and estompe on paper
16⁵⁄₈ x 22¹⁄₈ in.
Executed in 1975

Don de l’artiste à son fils, propriétaire actuel.

V. Monnier et J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 374, no. D 1351 (illustré).

Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Balthus, mai-août 1993 (hors catalogue).
New York, Dickinson Roundell Inc., Balthus, Drawings From the Collection of Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, novembre 2000, p. 37, no. 28 (illustré en couleurs).
Rossinière, Fondation Balthus, Les Desseins de Balthus, juin-septembre 2005, p. 53 (illustré).

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