Balthus, 'Paysage de Champrovent', 1941-5. Oil on canvas, 37 3/4 x 51 1/8 in. (96 x 130 cm). Image: Private Collection. Courtesy of Luxembourg + Co., © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023.
The exhibition 'Under the Surface' at Luxembourg + Co. forms the first presentation of the work of Balthasar Klossowski (1908–2001) – better known as Balthus – in the UK since his 1968 retrospective at the Tate Gallery. Setting out to present new critical perspectives on the artist’s legacy, the show focuses on his engagement with ‘surface’ as both a material and a psychological quality. Balthus is known for his use of underlying layers of colour in his painterly work – predominantly shades of yellow, green and orange – which he considered an effective tool to generate or obstruct light, to...
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Balthus, 'Paysage de Champrovent', 1941-5. Oil on canvas, 37 3/4 x 51 1/8 in. (96 x 130 cm). Image: Private Collection, Courtesy of Luxembourg + Co., © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023.
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Balthus, 'Study for Le Salon', 1941. Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65 x 81 cm). Image: Private Collection, Courtesy of Luxembourg + Co., © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023.
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Balthus, 'Étude pour ‘Le Rêve I’', 1954. Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. (80 x 92 cm). Image: Private Collection, Courtesy of Luxembourg + Co., © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023.
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