Nude with cat

Nude with cat
(Nu au chat)
 1949

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
65.1 × 80.5 cm
Inscription
inscribed in red paint c.l.: Balthus / 1949
Accession Number
2949-4
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1952
© Balthus/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Interiors
Subjects (specific)
chairs (furniture forms) domestic cat (species) eroticism nudes (representations) reclining repose (activity) seated figures women (female humans)

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