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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.78
People
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), French (1908 - 2001)
Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)
Title
Husband and Wife, after a Study for "The Raft of the Medusa" by Géricault
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295936

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on gray wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 20.8 x 26.8 cm (8 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thaw, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
Copyright
© Estate of Balthus / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.78
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Virginie Monnier and Jean Clair, Balthus: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Gallimard (Paris, France, 1999), no. D396, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Balthus Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Balthus, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris Cedex 04, 11/04/1983 - 01/23/1984

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