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Artist:
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Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
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Title:
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The Living Room
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Date:
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1941â1943
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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44 1/2 x 57 3/4 in. (113.03 x 146.69 cm) (canvas)
49 1/2 x 63 1/2 x 3 in. (125.73 x 161.29 x 7.62 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 376
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Although his first exhibition was in a Surrealist gallery and he had many friends among the Surrealists, Balthus never adopted the methods of Surrealism. He has no interest in visual puns, automatism, abstraction, or other facets of the Surrealist program. What he does share with Surrealism is an interest in eroticism as a central fact of psychic life. His constant theme is the self-absorbed, dawning sexuality of the virginal adolescent.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Klossowski de Rola, Balthasar
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1908 - 2001
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature and Date LL in brown: [Balthus 1941.1943]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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66.66
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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