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Purple Magazine
— Purple #43 S/S 2025
The Tokyo Diary Issue

setsuko klossowska de rola

portrait

by KATERINA JEBB

 

“Nature is my master,” says artist Setsuko, whose work has long been overshadowed by her late husband, the painter Balthus. Now 82, she is more active and elegant than ever, wearing a different kimono every day according to the season.

 

ALL ARTWORK COPYRIGHT SETSUKO KLOSSOWSKA DE ROLA AND ADAGP, PARIS, 2025, COURTESY OF GAGOSIAN

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