mitsou. quarante images par baltusz. préface de rainer maria rilke.erllenbach-zurich und leipzig, roptafel verlag, [1921]. — Balthus

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Estimate: €2,000–€2,500 hammer ≈ $2,667–$3,334
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Sale: Sotheby's — PF1223, Paris · 28 March 2012
Dimensions: In-4 (250 x 195 mm), broché
Record ID: TB-2026-4073019
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Balthus, mitsou. quarante images par baltusz. préface de rainer maria rilke.erllenbach-zurich und leipzig, roptafel verlag, [1921]. Sotheby's, 28 Mar 2012, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4073019.

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Balthus, mitsou. quarante images par baltusz. préface de rainer maria rilke.erllenbach-zurich und leipzig, roptafel verlag, [1921]. Sotheby's, 28 Mar 2012, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4073019.

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From the same sale Pf1223 · Mar 2012

Lot	Artist	Estimate
13 lithographies. tirage spécial pour les xx. paris, société des xx, …	Henri De Toulouse-lautrec	€15,000–€20,000
les horribles et espouvantables faitz et prouesses du très renommé pa…	André -- Rabelais Derain	€7,000–€9,000
passion. eaux-fortes originales en couleurs et bois dessinés par geor…	Rouault, Georges--suarès, André	€20,000–€25,000
sonia delaunay. ses peintures, ses objets, ses tissus simultanés, ses…	Sonia Delaunay	€2,500–€3,000
les chants de maldoror.paris, skira, 1934.	Dali, Salvador--lautréamont, Comte De	€40,000–€60,000
kandinsky. paris, editions cahiers d'art, 1930.	Kandinsky, Wassily--grohmann, Will	€8,000–€12,000

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