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Figure Studies [verso]

1948

Balthus

Artist, French, 1908 - 2001

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Artwork overview

Medium

black chalk on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Frank R. and Jeannette H. Eyerly, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall: 31 x 42 cm (12 3/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Accession

1990.69.1.b

Nude Girl Stretched Out on a Chair [recto]

Balthus

1948

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Albert Loeb & Krugier Gallery Inc., New York). Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Eyerly; gift 1990 to NGA.

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Eyerly

Exhibition History

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 368-369, color repro.

Inscriptions

[signed and dated on recto)

Wikidata ID

Q64537122

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