Origin:The work comes from Contemporary Fine Art, Berlin, as per the label on the back, and from the Leo KoenIg Gallery, New York.
Exhibitions: The work was exhibited in New York in 2001 at the "Leo Koenia Gallery" on the occasion of the personal exhibition "La Chambre De Balthus II"
Archive: signed and dated lower right ("JM 2001") and is also titled, dated and signed on the back, where the labels of the prestigious galleries of provenance are present.
Balthus's Room: The Encounter between Meese and Myth.
Jonathan Meese's work "Balthysmeese I" is part of the renowned cycle La Chambre de Balthus, a series of installations, paintings, sculptures, and drawings first exhibited in Hannover at the Kestner Gesellschaft. The series was subsequently presented at the FRI-Art Centre d'Art Contemporain in Freiburg and the Leo Koenig Gallery in New York.
At the heart of Meese's work remains an unwavering sense of history. In this canvas, historical and mythical figures coexist through the artist's self-portraits, with the master Balthus looming large in this particular series. The work is a large-scale oil on canvas, characterized by an energetic and textured brushstroke that defines Meese's unique style in the early 2000s.
The painting is signed and dated lower right ("JM 2001") and is also titled, dated and signed on the back, where the labels of the prestigious galleries of provenance are present.
