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Date: 1932
Medium: India ink on paper 
Dimensions: 330 x 250 mm. 12 x 9 in.
Reference: To be included, under no. I. 1558 bis, in an addendum to Balthus Catalogue Raisonné, currently in preparation by Virginie Monnier
Signature:  Signed and dated “ Balthus. 1932”, lower right
Provenance:  Jacques and Madeleine Matarasso; via  Francis Briest, Paris (27 October 2000, lot 51); to Private collection, US
Exhibition: Balthus, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 9 September 2001 – 6 January 2002, no. 37