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A woman with angular features and cascading blond waves, dressed stunningly in a long maroon gown with billowing sleeves and a full skirt, is poised–frozen, mannequin-like, in front of the glass, her face turned halfway back toward the viewer with a look of heavy-lidded distress. Her head is pressed into her right forearm in a gesture of self-conscious theatricality, her hand trapping a clump of hair against the window casement. She pulls the sheer drapery aside with her left hand, one bare foot elevated on the baseboard as though she were preparing to fling herself over the sill, a parody of the well-worn romantic image of a figure seen from the back at an open window, gazing into the distance. Pale light enters the room from outside but does little to illuminate the dark interior; the view through the window is enclosed and claustrophobic, suggesting confinement rather than freedom. [Christie’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 185.1 x 134.9 cm]

Parenthesis: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a Balthus Exhibition “Cats and Girls”(September 25, 2013–January 12, 2014).  “I never interpreted my paintings or sough…

24 Oct-24 Jan. A major exhibition dedicated to Balthasar Klossowski de Role, better known as Balthus (1908–2001), on the 15th anniversary of the artist’s death,...

Crucifixion in St. Sylvester parish, Schwabing

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola). André Derain. 1936. Oil on wood. 44 3/8 x 28 1/2" (112.7 x 72.4 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange). 67.1944. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Painting & Sculpture

Monte Calvello by Balthus, 1979

View L'Allée (1937 - 1938) By Balthus; oil on cardboard; 80.7 x 100 cm. (31¾ x 39 3/8 in.); Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Un artiste légendaire divisé.

Balthus was a reclusive painter of narrative scenes, avoiding avant-garde movements. Casting viewers as voyeurs of pubescent female subjects, he scandalized audiences with his first gallery exhibition, at Galerie Pierre, Paris, in 1934. Balthus later cultivated classicism, with interior portraits, street scenes, and landscapes, that served as a framework for other artistic investigations.

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