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BALTHUS
(BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI DE ROLA) (1908-2001)
Étude pour 'Femme couchée'

Impressionist & Modern Art

19 October 2023, 17:00 BST

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BALTHUS (BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI DE ROLA) (1908-2001)

Étude pour 'Femme couchée'
signed with the artist's monogram (lower left)
pencil on paper
45.1 x 59.7cm (17 3/4 x 23 1/2in).
Executed in 1948

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Provenance
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, no. JK 2850.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired in 1980, until at least 1996).
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich (acquired by May 2002).
Private collection, Florida (acquired from the above); their sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2004, lot 425.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Christie's, New York, 4 November 2009, lot 134.
Private collection, Rome.

Exhibited
Vevey, Musée Jenisch, Balthus, De Piero della Francesca à Alberto Giacometti, 12 May – 25 August 2002, no. 44.

Literature
V. Monnier, Balthus, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1999, no. D 588 (illustrated p. 243).

The present sketch is a preparatory study for Balthus' 1948 painting Femme couchée. The model was Jacqueline 'Jackie' Matisse, granddaughter of the artist Henri Matisse and daughter of the art dealer Pierre Matisse. From a young age, Matisse was plunged into the artistic community centred around her father's New York gallery, which included many European artists in exile from World War II. Along with Yves Tanguy, Alexander Calder and others, she performed in Hans Richter's 1952 film 8 x 8. Matisse was renowned not only for her interdisciplinary approach to art, but also for her innovations in kite design, supercomputing and virtual reality, as well as her work on the archives of her stepfather Marcel Duchamp. She passed away in 2021 at the age of 90.

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BALTHUS
(BALTHASAR KLOSSOWSKI DE ROLA) (1908-2001)
Étude pour 'Femme couchée'