Published to document Gagosian Gallery's 2015 Balthus exhibition in Paris, this striking new book depicts the beautiful paintings, drawings, and photographs that were part of that career-spanning exhibition, the first of Balthus's work in Paris since the 1983-84 retrospective at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Vibrant color reproductions of the artist's interior portraits, street scenes, and landscapes, along with striking installation shots, present the self-taught classicism that Balthus cultivated as a framework for his more enigmatic artistic investigations. A conversation between Olivier Zahm and Setsuko Klossowska de Rola completes the catalogue, providing an insightful look into the world of this reclusive painter of charged and disquieting narrative scenes.
- ISBN10 0847849112
- ISBN13 9780847849116
- Publish Date 2 February 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Gagosian/Rizzoli
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 126
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780847849116