Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗Portrait de Dora Maar, 1948/1949
Drawing (pencil) · Paper
Kornfeld · Sep 11, 2025CHF 6,000 ≈ $7,502 ≈ £5,552 ≈ €6,420Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Untitled
Balthus (French, 1908–2001)
$2,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,902≈ €2,078
Hammer $1,800 · with buyer’s premium $2,250
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pencil on graph paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 6½ h x 8½ w in (17 x 22 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- 20 | 21 Art (auctions/2020/03/20-21-art)
- Date
- March 25, 2020
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 106
- Estimate
- $3,000 – — (≈ £2,535) (≈ €2,771)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Oct 2, 2026
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