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BALTHUS in his Own Words #891520

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Balthus & de Albornoz, Cristina Carrillo BALTHUS IN HIS OWN WORDS
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New York City, NY Assouline 2001. Hardcover. First American Edition. First Printing. 80 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. Collection of interviews. Conducted and transcribed by Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz. The first appearance of the title in the United States. A handsomely produced book, with a lovely photograph of Balthus on the cover. Presents Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, better-known simply as Balthus, in a candid self-portrait, in the form of a series of answers to questions (the questions are not printed, in a very unusual twist to the interview format, like the unheard but comprehensible questions from the person on the other side of a telephone conversation). It is also very apt because Balthus was one of the most reclusive artists who enjoyed an enormous international "cult" stature, his paintings commanding millions of dollars. At one point, the great art critic Robert Hughes regarded him as the greatest living painter. The genius began drawing and painting as a child and published a series of drawings in collaboration with the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who was already a celebrated writer and a close friend of the Klossowski de Rola family (Balthus&#39;s brother Pierre Klossowski published novels such as "The Baphomet", which is now part of the 20th-century literary canon). Balthus accepted painting on commission from very wealthy collectors but he took his time. He typically ...
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