Sleeping Girl

Prints and Drawings

c. 1941

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)
French, 1908-2001

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Balthus
Title: Sleeping Girl
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1936–1946
Medium: Conté crayon over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 30.7 × 29.9 cm (12 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Solomon B. Smith
Reference Number: 1962.793
Copyright: © Balthus

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.

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

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