Klossowski, Pierre

(8/9/1905 Paris-8/12/2001 Paris) (France)

   Writer, artist, and existenialist philosopher. Son of Eric, Polish art historian and painter, brother of artist Balthus. His erotic work primarily consists of pencil drawings, many of which are scenes of violence and rape.

   Reproductions: Beautiful woman from Versailles; Melville, 1973: fig. 145 . Diana and Actaeon; pencil; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 125 [B] / Hurwood, 1975: p. 200 [B] / Neret, 2000: p. 668 [B]. Gulliver's Travails II ; 1973; color pencil ; Neret 1993: p. 184 . La monnaie vivante; Neret, 2000: pp. 656, 660, 667 [B]. Le temps d'un essayge; Neret, 2000: p. 661 [B]. Les barres paralleles IV; Neret, 2000: p. 663 [C]. Mr. De Max and Miss Glissant in the roles of Diana and Actaeon; 18541974; colored pencil; Neret 1993: p. 157 [C]. Roberta and the Colossus (2); 1971; Peppiatt, 1973: p. 25 [B]. Roberte ce soir illustrations; 1953; Orgies, 1969: figs. 66-69 [B] / Neret, 2000: pp. 666, 668 [B]. Roberte et les collegiens; Neret, 2000: p. 665 [B]. [Woman and 2 boys]; pencil; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 124 [B]. [Woman assaulted by two men]; pencil; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 66 [B]. [Woman being bound by two men]; pencil; Kronhausen, 1970c: 67 [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 7: p. 1342; Franco Cagnetta, "De Luxuria Sprituali," Art and Artists 5, 2 (August 1970): pp. 52-53; DoA vol. 18: pp. 138-139; W von Fellen-berg, "Das zeichnerische Werk eines Schrifstellers," Weltkunst 51, 14 (July 15, 1981): pp. 2080-2081; Toshiharu Ito, "Seinaru yokudou: Pierre Klossowski no sekai," Mizue (Japan) 948 (Autumn 1988): pp. 50-63; Benjamin Ivry, "96 years of Sodom," Artforum 40, 3 (November 2001): pp. 49-50; Alain Jouffroy, "Klossowski, ax-elos et l'amour," Opus International 13-14 (November 1969); Philippe Piquet, "Klossowski, un dessin sensuel et sulfureux," L'Oeil 561 (2004): p. 39.