Balthus lessons. (five controversial works by the French artist) Art in America | September 1, 1997| | COPYRIGHT 1997 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

In his 1934 gallery debut, Balthus showed five large paintings, ambitious and sexually daring, that might be little known today were it not for the efforts of his resourceful admirers, James Thrall Soby and Pierre Matisse.

Sixty-three years have passed since Balthus's first solo exhibition, at Pierre Loeb's Galerie Pierre on the rue des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Among the paintings he exhibited on that occasion were five large works -- The Street, The Window, Cathy Dressing, Alice and The Guitar Lesson -- that caused what the period liked to call a "scandal." It is due ...

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