Alice Rewald | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1978.525
People: Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), French (1908 - 2001)
Title: Alice Rewald
Other Titles: Former Title: Portrait of a Woman (Alice Rewald)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1962
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295517

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Graphite and black crayon on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 29 x 23.2 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Balthus, sold; to John Rewald, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Rewald
Copyright: © Estate of Balthus / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 1978
Object Number: 1978.525
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

John Rewald, Balthus, exh. cat., Arts Club of Chicago (Chicago, 1964), cat. no. 56
Virginie Monnier and Jean Clair, Balthus: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Gallimard (Paris, France, 1999), no. D991, repr. (as "Portrait of Alice," 1962)

Exhibition History

Balthus, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, 09/21/1964 - 10/28/1964
Balthus, Akron Art Institute, Akron, 12/18/1966 - 01/18/1967; Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, 02/02/1967 - 02/23/1967

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1978.525: Alice Rewald