Balthus: for the love of cats and girls – in pictures
A singular and provocative exhibition of Balthus's work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York reflects not only his trademark preoccupation with young girls, but also a less well documented love of cats
• Bizarre Balthus show reveals artist's fixation with cats and young girls
• Bizarre Balthus show reveals artist's fixation with cats and young girls
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Thérèse, 1938 Photograph: Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Girl at a Window, 1955
Photograph: Courtesy of Private collection
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Thérèse on a Bench Seat, 1939 Photograph: Courtesy of Dorothy R. and Richard E. Sherwood Family Collection
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Thérèse Dreaming, 1938 Photograph: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Nude with Cat, 1949 Photograph: Courtesy of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Mitsou, 1919 Photograph: Courtesy of Private collection
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The Cat of La Méditerranée, 1949 Photograph: Courtesy of Private collection
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The Golden Days, 1944-1946 Photograph: Courtesy of Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institute
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The King of Cats, 1935 Photograph: Courtesy of Fondation Balthus, SwitzerlandFondation Balthus, Switzerland
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Mitsou, 1919 Photograph: Courtesy of Private collection
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The Moth, 1959 Photograph: Courtesy of Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou
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The Salon I, 1941-43 Photograph: Courtesy of Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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