Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings
Monday, 22 November 2010, 06:00 pm
Lot 22
Balthus, 1908-2001 (FR)
L'ange Raphaël quitte Tobie et sa famille, 1927
Feather and india ink on paper.
H 250 mm W 195 mm.
(Frame).
| CHF | 5'000 / 8'000 |
| EUR | 4'300 / 7'000 |
| USD | 5'400 / 9'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 7'500
Annotation:
Exhibition: Galerie des Art Anciens, Bevaix, 1975;
Lausanne, Musée cantonale des beaux-arts, Balthus,
29. May - 29. August 1993;
Kunstmuseum Bern, Balthus - Zeichnungen,
18. June - 4. September 1994.
Provenance: Etienne and Täteli Grandjean;
Swiss private property.
Literature: Virginie Monnier, Jean Clair. Balthus, Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works. Paris, Editions Gallimard, 1999. D 376, illustration;
Exhibition catalogue. Henriette Mentha et al. Balthus, Zeichnungen. Bern und Basel, Kunstmuseum Bern und Wiese Verlag, 1994. No. 1, illustration;
Exhibition catalogue. Sabine Rewald. Balthus. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art und Harry N. Abrams, 1984. No. 16, page 19.