Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Étude pour "Nu assoupi"
monogrammé 'Bs.' (en bas à droite)
aquarelle, fusain et graphite sur papier
23.4 x 42 cm.
Exécuté en 1977

signed with the monogram 'Bs.' (lower right)
watercolour, charcoal and pencil on paper
9¹⁄₄ x 16¹⁄₂ in.
Executed in 1977

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

V. Monnier et J. Clair, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre complet, Paris, 1999, p. 382, no. D 1394 (illustré).

New York, Dickinson Roundell Inc., Balthus Drawings from the collection of Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, novembre 2000, p. 41, no. 32 (illustré en couleurs; titré ' La Séance de Pose').

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