Seven
Septentrion
27
Tea PartyArthur, Arthur
Gen. 7:2
"Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female."
Night Scene 
Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)
Oil on canvas
Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski) (French, Paris 1908–2001 Rossinière
With closed eyes, Balthus's pubescent model is lost in thought.
Thérèse Blanchard, who was about twelve or thirteen at the time this picture was made, and her brother Hubert were neighbors of Balthus in Paris. She appears alone, with her cat, or with her brother in a series of eleven paintings done between 1936 and 1939.
Chess: "Lyoness" "27" "Tea Party" "Arthur, Arthur" "Septentrion" "Seven"
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