About This Artwork

Balthus
French, 1908-2001

Sleeping Girl, c. 1941

Conté crayon over graphite on cream wove paper
307 x 299 mm
Gift of Mrs. Solomon R. Smith, 1962.793

© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, E. V. Thaw and Co., “Balthus Drawings,” 1963, cat. 41.

Arts Club of Chicago, “Balthus,” 1964, cat. 51.

London, Tate Gallery, “Balthus,” 1968, cat. 73.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, “Balthus in Chicago,” 1980, cat. 24.

Ownership History

The New Gallery (opened in 1949), New York, to 1962; sold to the Art Institute, 1962.