Object Details
Artist
Balthus, French, b. Paris, 1908–2001
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, to 6 April 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 6 April 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
PIERRE MATISSE GALLERY, New York. "Balthus," 8 March-2 April 1949, cat. no. 25.
PIERRE MATISSE GALLERY, New York. "Balthus: Paintings 1929-1961," March 1962, cat. no. 7, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 3, ill. p. 15.
TOKYO STATION GALLERY, Tokyo. "Balthus," 3 November 1993-30 January 1994, no. 12, p. 58, ill.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde," 21 May-6 September 2011, pp. 235-237; colorpl. 194. TOUR: REUNION DES MUSEES NATIONAUX--GRAND PALAIS, Paris. "Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso...L'aventure des Stein," 5 October-16 January 2012, cat. 122, color ill. p. 298; METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York, 22 February-3 June 2012.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "Advertisement," Apollo 76/1 (March 1962), p. 6.
UNSIGNED. New York Times (18 March 1962), photo.
LEYMARIE, JEAN. Balthus (Geneva: Skira, 1982), pp. 12, 133, ill.
MONNIER, VIRGINIE and JEAN CLAIR. Balthus: Catalogue raisonee de l'oeuvre complet (Paris: Gallimard, 1999), no. 195, ill., p. 156.
GRISWOLD, WILLIAM M. et al. Pierre Matisse and His Artists (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 2001), ill. p. 254.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Date
1949
Accession Number
66.349
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (58.9 x 64.2 cm)
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School
Postwar European
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_66.349