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Two Sketches: Head of Young Girl (recto); Half-Length Portrait of a Young Girl (verso)

A work made of graphite (recto and verso) on cream wove graph paper, commercially squared in blue printing ink.
© Balthus

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  • A work made of graphite (recto and verso) on cream wove graph paper, commercially squared in blue printing ink.

Date:

1948 (recto); c. 1948 (verso)

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Balthus

Title

Two Sketches: Head of Young Girl (recto); Half-Length Portrait of a Young Girl (verso)

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.

1943–1953

Medium

Graphite (recto and verso) on cream wove graph paper, commercially squared in blue printing ink

Dimensions

27.9 × 21 cm (11 × 8 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Freehling in Honor of Charles C. Cunningham

Reference Number

1970.574

Copyright

© Balthus

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