Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, dit, 1908-2001)
Tireurs de langue (recto; verso)
plume et encre sur papiers joints
15.7 x 21 cm.
Exécuté vers 1950

pen and ink on joined paper
6¹⁄₄ x 8¹⁄₄ in.
Executed circa 1950

Antoinette de Watteville, Fleur d’Eau, Rolle (don de l’artiste).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.

Rossinière, Fondation Balthus, Les Desseins de Balthus, juin-septembre 2005, p. 109 (illustré).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Balthus, 100e anniversaire, juin-novembre 2008, p. 218, no. 126 (illustré).
Autun, Musée Rolin, Balthus ou le temps du sablier, mars-juin 2011, p. 58, no. 50 (illustré en couleurs).

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Setsuko Klossowska de Rola a confirmé l'authenticité de cette œuvre.

Les personnages qui tirent leur langue seraient, selon Balthus, une évocation satirique de son travail pour l'illustration du poème de Pierre Jean Jouve intitulé Langue et publié en 1952.

Characters that stick out their tongues are, according to Balthus, a satirical evocation of his work for the illustration of Pierre Jean Jouve's poem entitled Langue, published in 1952.

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