Woman with Violin

Date

1936

Artist

Balthus, French, b. Paris, 1908–2001

Provenance

Lady Shuster, London, from 1936

Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, by May 1962

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale, 15 May 1963, lot 97

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 May 1963-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Revised 8/85 by AAA, rev. 3/98 alm

Published References

UNSIGNED. "Notable Works of Art Now on the Market," Burlington Magazine 104/717 (December 1962), pl. 26.

CLAIR, JEAN and VIRGINIA MONNIER. Balthus: Catalogue Raisonne de l'Oeuvre Complet (Paris: Gallimard, 1999), no. 96, colorpl. p. 130.

Revised 8/85 by AAA

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School

Postwar European

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Accession Number

66.350

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on burlap

Dimensions

31 7/8 x 25 3/4 in. (81.0 x 65.4 cm) [sight]