Nu (Girl with Crossed Arms)

Date

1951

Artist

Balthus, French, b. Paris, 1908–2001

Provenance

E.V. Thaw & Co., New York, to 26 December 1963

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 26 December 1963-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Revised 8/85 by AAA

Exhibition History

[E.V. THAW & CO., New York. "Drawings by Balthus," 26 November-21 December 1963].

GALLERY OF MODERN ART, New York. [title?], 19 January-21 February 1965.

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York (organizer). "Balthus," November 1966-November 1967, no. 23. TOUR: AKRON ART INSTITUTE, Ohio, 18 December, 18 January 1967; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GALLERY, Minneapolis, 2-23 February; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, 9-30 March; LA JOLLA MUSEUM OF ART, California, 16 April 16-13 May; DAVISON ART CENTER, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 22 September-15 October; UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, Winnipeg, Canada, 1-22 November.

SMITHSONIAN CASTLE BUILDING, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Castle Exhibition I," 27 March-27 September 1986, no cat.

PALAZZO GRASSI, Venice. "Balthus," 9 September 2001-6 January 2002.

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM. “A Retrospective: Balthus and Japan” 19 April-22 June 2014, no. D34, color ill. pg. 157. TOUR: KYOTO MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF ART, 5 July- 7 September 2014.

Published References

CLAIR, JEAN and VIRGINIA MONNIER. Balthus: Catalogue Raisonne de l'Oeuvre Complet (Paris: Gallimard, 1999), no. D 677.

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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

66.352

Type

Drawing

Medium

Conte crayon on paper

Dimensions

12 5/16 x 8 3/4 in. (31.4 x 22 cm)