The Guitar Lesson
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| The composition is based on a [[Pietà]], probably the Louvre's mid-15th-century Pieta of Villeneuve-les-Avignons, to judge from the near identical height and comparable sizes of the figures. | The composition is based on a [[Pietà]], probably the Louvre's mid-15th-century Pieta of Villeneuve-les-Avignons, to judge from the near identical height and comparable sizes of the figures. | ||
| - | The work was lovingly re-interpreted by Japanese photographer [[Naoto Kawahara]] in. | + | The work was lovingly re-interpreted by Japanese photographer [[Naoto Kawahara]] in 2007 [http://www.crooze.fm/lifestylenieuwsimages/NaotoKawahara01.jpg]. |
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| *[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19785378.html Balthus lessons. (five controversial works by the French artist) by Sabine Rewald] | *[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19785378.html Balthus lessons. (five controversial works by the French artist) by Sabine Rewald] | ||
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Guitarlesson.jpg Image at Wikipedia] {{GFDL}} | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Guitarlesson.jpg Image at Wikipedia] {{GFDL}} | ||
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The Guitar Lesson [1] is a 1934 painting by Balthus. It caused controversy in the 1970s due to its depiction of a sexually explicit lesbian scene featuring a young girl and her teacher. The painting debuted at Gallerie Pierre in Paris in 1934 at Balthus's premiere solo exhibition and even then it was hung in a back room where it was concealed behind a curtain. The exposition was reviewed by Antonin Artaud in "La Nouvelle Revue française" 22, no. 248 of May 1934.
The composition is based on a Pietà, probably the Louvre's mid-15th-century Pieta of Villeneuve-les-Avignons, to judge from the near identical height and comparable sizes of the figures.
The work was lovingly re-interpreted by Japanese photographer Naoto Kawahara in 2007 [2].
External links
- Balthus lessons. (five controversial works by the French artist) by Sabine Rewald
- Image at Wikipedia
![[1]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Guitarlesson.jpg){kind=link}
![[2]](http://www.crooze.fm/lifestylenieuwsimages/NaotoKawahara01.jpg){kind=link}