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Balthus

Cats and Girls


  • Schirmer/ Mosel
  • by Sabine Rewald
His most iconic works feature young girls with overt erotic desire and forbidding austerity. Often included in these scenes are enigmatic cats, possible stand-ins for the artist himself. Sabine Rewald explores Balthus's obsessions with adolescents and felines, addresses the influence of such key figures as poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and includes the previously unknown voices of the girl models.

ISBN 9783829606479 | G | HB
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Publisher Schirmer/ Mosel (Firm only)
ISBN 9783829606479
Author(s) Sabine Rewald
Publication date October 2013
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 254 x 230 mm
Pages 192
Language(s) German ed.
extra information English edition available
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His most iconic works feature young girls with overt erotic desire and forbidding austerity. Often included in these scenes are enigmatic cats, possible stand-ins for the artist himself. Sabine Rewald explores Balthus's obsessions with adolescents and felines, addresses the influence of such key figures as poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and includes the previously unknown voices of the girl models.