first edition
1979 · New York
by [BALTHUS] LEYMARIE, Jean
New York: Skira / Rizzoli, 1979. First American Edition. Large Quarto (37cm x 35cm). Beige cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in gray on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; [34pp] + 48 color plates + 18 b&w drawings. Very Good +; shelf wear to extremities; soiling to bottom textblock corner. Good dustwrapper; shelf wear to extremities; tear to bottom back cover. The first book devoted to Balthus and his work by eminent art historian and curator Jean Leymarie. 48 paintings reproduced in color and 18 drawings reproduced in b&w. (Inventory #: 43782)