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Balthus: A Biography (American Literature Series)
Nicholas Fox Weber
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Description for Balthus: A Biography (American Literature Series)
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 116 Black and White illustrations and 16 pages in full color. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1100.
This is the first full-scale biography of one of the most elusive and enigmatic painters of our time: the self-proclaimed Count Balthus Klossowski de Rola, whose brilliant, markedly sexualized portraits, especially of young girls, are among the most memorable images in contemporary art. Balthus’s complexities are clarified and his genius understood in this book that derives its immediacy from Nicholas Fox Weber’s long and intense conversations with Balthus himself–who never previously consented to discuss his life and work with a biographer–as well as Weber’s interviews with the artist’s closest associates. This biography was first published by Knopf in 1999 ... Read more
This is the first full-scale biography of one of the most elusive and enigmatic painters of our time: the self-proclaimed Count Balthus Klossowski de Rola, whose brilliant, markedly sexualized portraits, especially of young girls, are among the most memorable images in contemporary art. Balthus’s complexities are clarified and his genius understood in this book that derives its immediacy from Nicholas Fox Weber’s long and intense conversations with Balthus himself–who never previously consented to discuss his life and work with a biographer–as well as Weber’s interviews with the artist’s closest associates. This biography was first published by Knopf in 1999 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
644
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564789921
SKU
V9781564789921
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About Nicholas Fox Weber
Nicholas Fox Weber was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Columbia College and Yale University. He has curated retrospectives of the work of Josef Albers and Anni Albers, and is the director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. He is the author of twelve previous books. He lives in Bethany, Connecticut, and Paris.
Reviews for Balthus: A Biography (American Literature Series)
"A book that often reads like an update of one of those late novels of Henry James
as adapted, say, by Vladimir Nabokov
in which the narrator finds all appearances to be deceptive and every revelation is calculated to raise more questions than it answers."
Hilton Kramer, Wall Street Journal "Weber explores Balthus's many influences, from the ... Read more
as adapted, say, by Vladimir Nabokov
in which the narrator finds all appearances to be deceptive and every revelation is calculated to raise more questions than it answers."
Hilton Kramer, Wall Street Journal "Weber explores Balthus's many influences, from the ... Read more