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ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)

Lot 122
28.02.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 122 | ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000
ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)

Homme et femme

signed 'andré Masson' (on the reverse)

oil and sand on canvas

36 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. (92 x 60.3 cm.)

Painted in 1927





Provenance

Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris.

Josef Mueller, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above in 1927.

Private collection, Switzerland, by descent from the above in 1977, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

F. Levaillant, ‘L’Image littéraire revisitée: André Masson et Piranèse’, in Psychologie médicale, vol. 17, no. 9, Paris, 1985, pp. 1395-1402 (illustrated fig. 14, p. 1402).

G. Masson, M. Masson & C. Lœwer, André Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint 1919-1941, vol. I, 1919-1929, Paris, 2010, no. 1927*25, p. 362 (illustrated p. 363).



Exhibited

Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Art du 20e siècle, Collections Genevoises, June - September 1973, no. 105, p. 116 (illustrated; titled ‘L’homme et la femme’).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, André Masson, June - August 1976, no. 37, p. 120 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, October - November 1976; and Paris, Galeries nationales d’expositions du Grand Palais, March - May 1977.

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Masson. Massaker, Metamorphosen, Mythologien, September - November 1996, no. 53, p. 60 (illustrated).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, on loan.



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Artist:André Masson (1896 - 1987)
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