About This Artwork

Balthus
French, 1908-2001

Head of a Young Girl (Antoinette), 1936

Graphite on ivory wove paper
335 x 267 mm
Worcester Sketch Fund, 1966.63

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

London, Tate Gallery, "Balthus," 1968, cat. 65.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Balthus in Chicago," 1980, cat. 9.

Cologne, Germany, Museum Ludwig, “Balthus,” August 18–November 4, 2007, pp. 106, 115, 163, and 168, cat. #34, cat by Sabine Rewald

Publication History

Virginie Monnier and Jean Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Complet (Paris, 1999), no. D462 (ill.).

Ownership History

Sold by B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1966.