Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Portrait du Colonel Baron Moritz de Watteville (recto); Études préparatoires (verso)
monogrammé et inscrit 'Bs Papa Watty' (recto; en bas à droite)
graphite et plume et encre sur papier (recto); plume et encre, sanguine et graphite sur papier (verso)
37 x 27 cm.
Exécuté vers 1937

signed with the monogram and inscribed 'Bs Papa Watty' (recto; lower right)
pen and ink and pencil on paper (recto); pen and ink, sanguine and pencil on paper (verso)
14⁵⁄₈ x 10⁵⁄₈ in.
Executed circa 1937

Professeur Hubert de Watteville, Suisse (don de l’artiste).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.

Autun, Musée Rolin, Balthus ou le temps du sablier, mars-juin 2011, p. 44, no. 34 (illustré en couleurs).

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