BALTHUS by Jean Leymarie (1979, Hardcover)
by Jean Leymarie
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BALTHUS by Jean Leymarie (1979, Hardcover) Details: Balthus (the pseudonym of Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, born in Paris of an old Polish family) is one of the most original and accomplished masters of contemporary painting: Rilke, Picasso, Albert Camus, Cyril Connolly and Federico Fellini have all loved and enjoyed his art; Rilke wrote the preface for a set of drawings published in the 1920s when Balthus was thirteen years old. He is an artist who all his life has quietly gone his own way, shunning publicity and fashions. He has always been a figurative painter, firmly centering his work on the human figure, even in the long period when abstract art reigned supreme. Today, with contemporary artists again focusing their attention on visual appear-ances, his art is seen to cast a revealing light on the fundamental problems of figure painting. This is the first book to be devoted to Balthus. Includes: 48 PAINTINGS REPRODUCED IN FULL COLOR & 18 DRAWINGS Author: Leymarie, Jean Full title: Balthus / Text by Jean Leymarie Publisher:Geneva : Skira ; New York : Rizzoli, 1979 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardback ISBN: 0847801888 EAN: 9780847801886 Book ID: 84308 Material: Hard cover with dust cover Condition: Very good condition; the dust cover has several gray paint marks on it and indentations on the back, and the inside cover has some discoloration. The woven hard cover is darkened at it's edges with a spot on the top edge of the pages. Otherwise the book is in beautiful
- Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
- Year: 1979
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9780847801886
- Condition: Very Good
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