Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski). Thérèse on a Bench Seat ('Thérèse sur une banquette'), 1939 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 72.7 x 91.9 cm. Last known painting of his Parisian neighbour Thérèse Blanchard (1925-1950). Update (2019): Auctioned at Christie's New York, May 13 2019. From the collection of Dorothy and Richard Sherwood/ USA. Price tag: US$ 19.002.500 (ca. € 21.300.000).

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