DreamingofFrance

Balthus french, 1908 – 2001

Fleurs

1963 Oil and casein on canvas 13¾ x 17 5 ⁄ 8 in. ( 35 x 45 cm) Initialed and dated lower right

provenance: Frédérique Tison; by descent in the family; sale, Paris, Artcurial, Collection of Frédérique Tison , December 8 , 2020 , lot 139 Private Collection, US. literature: Gerard Regnier. Balthus: Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National D’art Moderne, Paris, 5 Novembre 1983 – 23 Janvier 1984 : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 21 Fevrier– 13 Mai 1984 . Paris: Musee national d’art moderne, 1983 . Catalogue of Paintings by Balthus, no. 213 , p. 377 . Leymarie. Balthus . Geneva: Skira, 1990 . p. 142 ; Virgnie Monnier. Balthus, catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre complet . Paris: Gallimard, 1999 . no. P 322 , reproduced p. 190 . exhibitions: Bevaix, Galerie Arts Anciens. Balthus, peintures, aquarelles, dessins . November – December 1975 , no. 4 ; Ornans, Musée Maison Natale Gustave Courbet. Balthus dans la maison de Courbet. Summer 1992 , no. 51 . The artist Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, known simply as Balthus, developed a repertoire of controversial and erotic subject matter unique in art history. By combining elements of the actual world with the aesthetics