Balthus

by Sabine Rewald

Hardcover, 1984

Status

Available

Publication

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : H.N. Abrams, 1984.

Description

51 Color Plates, 151 black and white illustrations, includes a chronology, a list of exhibitions, and a bibliography. The catalogue, written by Sabine Rewald, a specialist in the artist's work, is a major contribution to the study of Balthus. The author presents new biographical information about this reclusive artist, and her astute assessment of the works that influenced hime gives the reader a new sense of the richness and amibuity of Balthus's world. This critical study of the life and work of the French artist Balthus serves as the catalogue of an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris.

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