Ville de Paris (1984, traveled to Metropolitan Museum, Kyoto); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1984); and Palazzo Grassi, Venice (2001). "Balthus: Cats and Girls: Paintings and Provocations" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (September 25, 2013 – January 12, 2014) was the first U.S. museum survey of the artist's work in 30 years. A major retrospective overseen by the artist's wife, Ideta Setsuko, was held in 2014 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. An exhibition of Polaroid photographs taken by Balthus at the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany, was canceled over accusations of pedophilia. The German newspaper Die Zeit called the images, which depict a model named Anna from ages eight to 16, “documents of pedophile greed.” Since then, despite attempts, no planned exhibition of Balthus’s work was censored or cancelled for such allegations. Films on Balthus Damian Pettigrew, Balthus Through the Looking Glass (72', Super 16, PLANETE/CNC/PROCIREP, 1996). Documentary on and with Balthus filmed at work in his studio and in conversation at his Rossinière chalet. Shot over a 12-month period in Switzerland, Italy, France and the Moors of England. References Bibliography Aubert, Raphaël (2005). Le Paradoxe Balthus. Paris: Éditions de la Différence Balthus (2001). Correspondance amoureuse avec Antoinette de Watteville: 1928–1937. Paris: Buchet/Chastel Clair, Jean and Virginie Monnier (2000). Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Davenport, Guy (1989). A Balthus Notebook. New York: Ecco Press Neret, Gilles (2003). Balthus. New York: Taschen Klossowski de Rola, Stanislas (1996). Balthus. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Rewald, Sabine (1984). Balthus. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / (pbk.) Roy, Claude (1996). Balthus. Paris: Gallimard Vircondelet, Alain (2001). Mémoires de Balthus. Monaco: Editions du Rocher Von Boehm, Gero (author) and Kishin Shinoyama (photographer) (2007). The Painter's House. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel Weber, Nicholas Fox (1999). Balthus, a Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Further reading David Bowie, "The Last Legendary Painter", Modern Painters, Autumn 1994, pp. 14–33. External links Le Fonds Balthus Ten Dreams Galleries On Jacques Rivette's Wuthering Heights and Balthus's influence Balthus Obituaries The Great Cat: Cats in Art-Balthus-Balthasar Klossowski (1908–2001) 1908 births 2001 deaths Painters from Paris 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 20th-century Polish male artists French male painters French people of Russian-Jewish descent Modern painters Polish male painters French erotic artists Polish erotic artists Recipients of the Praemium Imperiale Cat artists Honorary Members of the Royal Academy