Balcony Tesu, Jishin Wo Kataru New Edition / Hara Title : Balthus : Memoires De Balthus

[Machine Translation] I have been known to spend ten years on a single painting. I know when a painting is finished." His mother, Varadine, whom he loved with all his heart, Rilke, who was a dear friend of the family, his wife Setsuko, who was irreplaceable, and his brother and friend Giacometti.... In the tranquility of his studio, Balthus faced his paintings with ritualistic awe. In the "Grand Chalet" in Switzerland, where he spent the last years of his life, Balthus tells for the first time about his private life and thoughts on painting and art, which were almost unknown to the public. This is a sensitive essay on the art of "the last master of the 20th century," in which Balthus delicately describes his emotional exchanges with such predecessors as Piero della Francesca, Mozart, Delacroix, Picasso, Camus, and Malraux.

「私は一枚の絵に十年もかけることで知られています。私には絵が終わるときがわかる」心から愛した母バラディヌ、家族の大切な友人だったリルケ、かけがえのない存在の奥方・節子、兄であり友だったジャコメッティ...。静謐なアトリエで絵と向き合い、儀式のような畏怖の念をもって絵画にのぞむバルテュス。晩年を過ごしたスイスの「グラン・シャレー」で、ほとんど知られていなかった私生活から、絵画と芸術に対する思想までをはじめて語った貴重な回想録。ピエロ・デッラ・フランチェスカ、モーツァルト、ドラクロワ、ピカソ、カミュ、マルローといった先達たちとの心の交流を繊細に綴った「20世紀最後の巨匠」の芸術論。