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1985

Great composition with corbel

author

Balthus (Balthazar Klossowsky de Rola)

description

Mediums: oil, canvas.
Location: private collection.

At first glance, the surreal composition has few characters connected between each other; this is quite unusual for the artist. However, the compositionally naked teenage girl with a doll-like, inanimate face, scattered legs and arms points to a black bird sitting on a wooden shelf above a small naked young man fetching a stool to her and a big creature with a rabbit’s head and the long tail of a rat. Minor characters, except for the grey animal, are directed to the major character.