Denise Klossowski denies being Roberte in interview with Jacques Henric

In an interview with Jacques Henric published in artpress, Denise Klossowski, the model and wife of painter Balthus, addresses the longstanding identification of her with the fictional character Roberte from Pierre Klossowski's writings. She explicitly states "Roberte ce n'est pas moi" (Roberte is not me), challenging the conflation of her persona with the erotic figure that appears in both literary and visual works. The dossier explores the relationship between the model and the painter, focusing on Denise Klossowski's role as muse and subject. The interview provides firsthand testimony from the model herself, offering a corrective to critical interpretations that have merged her identity with the fictional Roberte. The piece appears in the November 1991 issue of artpress, a French contemporary art magazine.