Balthus (Balthasar Klossowsky de Rola) (Paris 1908 - Rossiniere, 2001). Nude of a maiden, 1994 Cm. 86x59. Lithograph on Arches paper. Exemplar 84/198. Signed in pencil at lower right. Run numbers in pencil at lower left. Lithograph execution on Arches paper taken from a drawing by Balthus executed at Villa Medici, Rome, 1971-77, edited by Giorgio Upiglio, printer in Milan. April 1994. Edition of 198 copies, numbered and signed by the artist, to benefit the European School of Oncology, Milan.

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