Balthus: Vanished Splendors
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Alain Vircondelet and Balthus
Vanished Splendors: A Memoir
New York: Ecco Books, 2001
First printing
A memoir, in the form of spoken reminiscence, from one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic and revered painters.
With many color photos of Balthus' last residence, in Switzerland, and a host of memories of his great contemporaries in pre-war Paris.
Balthus ends by dismissing much contemporary art as 'illusory and deceitful', due to its lack of continuity with the past. Highly entertaining.