Balthus (i. e. Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), French painter (1908-2001). Autograph letter.

€ 28,000.00

To his friend Pierre Berès: "Je suis surpris d'être sans nouvelles de vous depuis assez longtemps [...]". Balthus's drawing depicts the church of the small village of Moutonne (near Orgelet, Franche-Comté). In the foreground, the artist draws the "castle" of the same village - in fact, a massive stone building. The present letter was exhibited from July to September 1992 at the Balthus exhibition at the birthplace of Gustave Courbet.