Balthus
by Rewald, Sabine
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870993666
- ISBN 13
- 9780870993664
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, 1984. 176 pages, illustrations (51 colour); 31 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 29 to May 13, 1984. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. A monograph on the Polish-French painter Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001), known principally for his unsettling, erotic paintings of young girls. Although his paintings are executed in a realist, even academic manner, there is a surrealist flavour in his work. His older brother was the author Pierre Klossowski. MoMA held a retrospective of his work in 1956.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
Synopsis
"The original German edition of this book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Balthus--Aufgehobene Zeit, Gemälde und Zeichnungen 1932-1960', Museum Ludwig, Cologne, August 18-November 4, 2007"--T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-163).
Reviews
On Mar 26 2015, a reader said:
amazing, candid; beautifully texted and illustrated interreralationship of girls and cats.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031210
- Title
- Balthus
- Author
- Rewald, Sabine
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870993666
- ISBN 13
- 9780870993664
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / 8. Modern, 1900-1945; Genre & Subject / Erotic; Genre & Subject / Figure & Nudes;
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