This album reveals Balthusâ€™s fascination with felines and is a perfect complement to the Metropolitan Museumâ€™s exhibition Balthus: Cats and Girls that opens in September 2013. Alain

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Balthus and Cats

This album reveals Balthusâ€™s fascination with felines and is a perfect complement to the Metropolitan Museumâ€™s exhibition Balthus: Cats and Girls that opens in September 2013. Alain Vircondelet was a close friend of the late Balthus and originally wrote this text in intimate collaboration with the artist. He explains the symbolism within Balthusâ€™s paintings and draws parallels between the sleepy, languishing forms of the girls and cats he painted. Balthus, who referred to himself as the Thirteenth King of Cats, regularly featured the feline form in his art, even as early as age nine, when he produced a story of his beloved Mitsou in forty Indian ink drawings. Balthusâ€™s wife Setsuko and their daughter Harumi shared his deep affection for cats, and the familyâ€™s devotion becomes evident in this volume, which offers behind-the-scenes access into their home, featuring personal photographs, belongings, and reproductions of the artistâ€™s cat paintings.

Balthus and Cats