Clair, Jean and Virginie Monnier. BALTHUS: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works. 576 pp., 80 color and roughly 2,100 b&w plates. 4to, cloth. Paris, Gallimard in association with New York, Abrams, 1999.
This impressive volume, which includes the 350 known paintings as well as over 1,000 never-before-published drawings, adds significantly to our understanding of the depth and breadth of Balthus' oeuvre.