Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Poncif de colonne pour la décoration de la chambre à coucher d'Antoinette de Watteville à la villa Fleur d’Eau
aquarelle et fusain sur papier
74 x 40.6 cm.
Exécuté à Fleur d'Eau en 1953

watercolour and charcoal on paper
29¹⁄₈ x 16 in.
Executed in Fleur d'Eau in 1953

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

Rossinière, Fondation Balthus, Les Desseins de Balthus, juin-septembre 2005, p. 107 (illustré en couleurs).

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