Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Étude d'arbre (Le Gottéron)
monogrammé 'Bs' (en bas à droite), daté et inscrit 'Le Gotteron Fribourg 1943' (en bas à gauche) et inscrit '21 Hericz' (en haut à gauche)
graphite et estompe sur papier
32.8 x 25 cm.
Exécuté à Fribourg en 1943

signed with the monogram 'Bs' (lower right), dated and inscribed 'Le Gotteron Fribourg 1943' (lower left) and inscribed '21 Hericz' (upper left)
pencil and estompe on paper
12⁷⁄₈ x 9⁷⁄₈ in.
Executed in Fribourg in 1943

Antoinette de Watteville, Fleur d’Eau, Rolle (don de l’artiste).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.

V. Monnier et J. Clair, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 230, no. D 506 (illustré).

New York, Dickinson Roundell Inc., Balthus, Drawings From the Collection of Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, novembre 2000, p. 17, no. 8 (illustré en couleurs).
Vevey, Musée Jenisch, Balthus, De Piero della Francesca à Alberto Giacometti, mai-août 2002, p. 38, no. 39 (illustré en couleurs).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Balthus, 100e anniversaire, juin-novembre 2008, p. 206, no. 101 (illustré en couleurs).
Autun, Musée Rolin, Balthus ou le temps du sablier, mars-juin 2011, p. 15, no. 4 (illustré en couleurs).

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