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Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1948) Acquired from the above in 1964 by the present owner

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Georges Moos, Exposition Balthus , 1943, no. 11 Paris, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Balthus, peintures de 1936, 1946, no. 17 New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus , 1949, no. 20 New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Balthus , 1956-57, no. 15, pp. 1, 7 and 35, illustrated and illustrated on the title page (titled The Game of Patience ) New York, Decorative Arts Center, The Art in America Show , 1961 New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus: Paintings 1929–1961 , 1962, no. 6, illustrated Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The New Gallery, Hayden Library, Balthus , 1964, no. 12 Arts Club of Chicago, Balthus , 1964, no. 12, illustrated Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 1915–1965 , 1965-66 London, Tate Gallery, Balthus , 1968, no. 20, pp. 20, 38 and 60, illustrated Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Balthus in Chicago , 1980, no. 3 Paris, Centre George Pompidou and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus , 1983-84, no. 28 (Paris) and no. 27 (New York), pp. 59, 69, 160-61, 290, and 351 (Paris) and pp. 108-09 (New York), illustrated in color Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Balthus: Time Suspended , 2007, no. 19, pp. 80-81 and 162, illustrated in color and illustrated in color on the cover Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago , 2013-14, pp. 10 and 131, illustrated in color Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale and Kunstforum Wien, Balthus: Balthasar Klossowski de Rola , 2016, pp. 61-62, illustrated in color and illustrated in color on the covers

Literature

Arts Digest , vol. 31, issue 4-10, p. 7 Pierre-Jean Jouve, "Balthus," La Nef , vol. I, no. 3, September 1944, p. 145 René Char, "Balthus, ou le dard dans la fleur," Cahiers d'art , vols. 20-21, 1945-46, p. 205 illustrated (in its first state) Robin Ironside, "Balthus," Horizon , April 1948, p. 266, illustrated James Thrall Soby, "Balthus," The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art , vol. 24, no. 3, 1956-57, p. 7 Edith Hoffman, "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions, New York," Burlington Magazine , vol XCIX. no. 99, February 1957, p. 68 (titled The Game of Patience ) Cleve Gray, “The Art In America Show,” Art in America , vol. 49, no. 4, 1962, p. 97, illustrated Connoisseur , March 1962, p. CXIII John Russell, “Master of the Nubile Adolescent,” Art in America , no. 55, November–December 1967, pp. 98-103, illustrated Keith Roberts, “Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions” Burlington Magazine , vol. CX, no. 788, November 1968, fig. 60, pp. 644-45, illustrated John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago, New York, 1970, p. 273, illustrated Jean Leymarie, Balthus , New York, 1979, p. 131 Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, Balthus: Paintings , London, 1983, no. 31, p. 96, illustrated in color Jean Clair, “Eros et Cronos, Le rite et le mythe dans l’oeuvre de Balthus,” Revue de l’Art , no. 63, 1984, p. 89 Sanford Schwartz, "The Art World," The New Yorker , 7 May 1984, p. 126 Fundació Joan Miró, A Joan Miró: collecció permanent d'art contemporani en homenatge a Joan Miró , Barcelona, 1986, p. 90 (titled El Soliari ) Exh. Cat., Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Balthus , 1993, p. 47, illustrated Margherita Andreotti, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 1994, p. 174; p. 175, illustrated in color Koharu Kisaragi, Shuji Takashina and Kunio Motoe, Balthus , Tokyo, 1994, pl. 21 Claude Roy, Balthus , Paris, 1996, pp. 18 and 20, illustrated in color Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, Balthus , London, 1996, pl. 41, illustrated in color Virginie Monnier and Jean Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works , New York, 1999, no. P140, p. 142, illustrated John Russell, Matisse: Father and Son , New York, 1999, p. 140 Nathalie Castagné, trans., Balthus à contre-courant: entretiens avec Costanzo Costantini , Paris, 2001, p. 83 Jean Clair, ed., Balthus , New York, 2001, fig. 8, pp. 69 and 286-87, illustrated in color Mieke Bal, Balthus: Works and Interview , Barcelona, 2008, pp. 130-31, illustrated in color Balthus, Vanished Splendors: A Memoir , New York, 2002 Exh. Cat., New York, The Pierport Morgan Library, Pierre Matisse and His Artists , New York, 2002, pp. 80 and 149 Peter Berger, Balthus, portraits privés , Lausanne, 2008, p. 88 Exh. Cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus: Cats and Girls , 2013-14, no. 19, pp. 23-24, 100-01 and 26, illustrated in color (titled The Game of Patience ) Exh. Cat., Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Balthus , 2018, p. 109

Catalog summary

Property Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago Balthus 1908 - 2001 La Patience signed Balthus and dated 1943 (lower left) oil on canvas 63 ⅝ by 64 ⅝ in. 161.5 by 164.2 cm. Executed in 1943 and 1946-48. Provenance Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1948) Acquired from the above in 1964 by the present owner Literature Arts Digest , vol. 31, issue 4-10, p. 7 Pierre-Jean Jouve, "Balthus," La Nef , vol. I, no. 3, September 1944, p. 145 René Char, "Balthus, ou le dard dans la fleur," Cahiers d'art , vols. 20-21, 1945-46, p. 205 illustrated (in its first state) Robin Ironside, "Balthus," Horizon , April 1948, p. 266, illustrated James Thrall Soby, "Balthus," The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art , vol. 24, no. 3, 1956-57, p. 7 Edith Hoffman, "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions, New York," Burlington Magazine , vol XCIX. no. 99, February 1957, p. 68 (titled The Game of Patience ) Cleve Gray, “The Art In America Show,” Art in America , vol. 49, no. 4, 1962, p. 97, illustrated Connoisseur , March 1962, p. CXIII John Russell, “Master of the Nubile Adolescent,” Art in America , no. 55, November–December 1967, pp. 98-103, illustrated Keith Roberts, “Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions” Burlington Magazine , vol. CX, no. 788, November 1968, fig. 60, pp. 644-45, illustrated John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago, New York, 1970, p. 273, illustrated Jean Leymarie, Balthus , New York, 1979, p. 131 Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, Balthus: Paintings , London, 1983, no. 31, p. 96, illustrated in color Jean Clair, “Eros et Cronos, Le rite et le mythe dans l’oeuvre de Balthus,” Revue de l’Art , no. 63, 1984, p. 89 Sanford Schwartz, "The Art World," The New Yorker , 7 May 1984, p. 126 Fundació Joan Miró, A Joan Miró: collecció permanent d'art contemporani en homenatge a Joan Miró , Barcelona, 1986, p. 90 (titled El Soliari ) Exh. Cat., Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Balthus , 1993, p. 47, illustrated Margherita Andreotti, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 1994, p. 174; p. 175, illustrated in color Koharu Kisaragi, Shuji Takashina and Kunio Motoe, Balthus , Tokyo, 1994, pl. 21 Claude Roy, Balthus , Paris, 1996, pp. 18 and 20, illustrated in color Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, Balthus , London, 1996, pl. 41, illustrated in color Virginie Monnier and Jean Clair, Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works , New York, 1999, no. P140, p. 142, illustrated John Russell, Matisse: Father and Son , New York, 1999, p. 140 Nathalie Castagné, trans., Balthus à contre-courant: entretiens avec Costanzo Costantini , Paris, 2001, p. 83 Jean Clair, ed., Balthus , New York, 2001, fig. 8, pp. 69 and 286-87, illustrated in color Mieke Bal, Balthus: Works and Interview , Barcelona, 2008, pp. 130-31, illustrated in color Balthus, Vanished Splendors: A Memoir , New York, 2002 Exh. Cat., New York, The Pierport Morgan Library, Pierre Matisse and His Artists , New York, 2002, pp. 80 and 149 Peter Berger, Balthus, portraits privés , Lausanne, 2008, p. 88 Exh. Cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus: Cats and Girls , 2013-14, no. 19, pp. 23-24, 100-01 and 26, illustrated in color (titled The Game of Patience ) Exh. Cat., Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Balthus , 2018, p. 109 Exhibited Geneva, Galerie Georges Moos, Exposition Balthus , 1943, no. 11 Paris, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Balthus, peintures de 1936, 1946, no. 17 New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus , 1949, no. 20 New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Balthus , 1956-57, no. 15, pp. 1, 7 and 35, illustrated and illustrated on the title page (titled The Game of Patience ) New York, Decorative Arts Center, The Art in America Show , 1961 New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Balthus: Paintings 1929–1961 , 1962, no. 6, illustrated Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The New Gallery, Hayden Library, Balthus , 1964, no. 12 Arts Club of Chicago, Balthus , 1964, no. 12, illustrated Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 1915–1965 , 1965-66 London, Tate Gallery, Balthus , 1968, no. 20, pp. 20, 38 and 60, illustrated Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Balthus in Chicago , 1980, no. 3 Paris, Centre George Pompidou and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balthus , 1983-84, no. 28 (Paris) and no. 27 (New York), pp. 59, 69, 160-61, 290, and 351 (Paris) and pp. 108-09 (New York), illustrated in color Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Balthus: Time Suspended , 2007, no. 19, pp. 80-81 and 162, illustrated in color and illustrated in color on the cover Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago , 2013-14, pp. 10 and 131, illustrated in color Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale and Kunstforum Wien, Balthus: Balthasar Klossowski de Rola , 2016, pp. 61-62, illustrated in color and illustrated in color on the covers