ID 908428
Lot 471 | ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
Paysage matriarcal
signed and dated 'André Masson -41-' (lower left); dated and inscribed 'Paysage matriarcal 1941' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 3/8 x 24 in. (51.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1941
Provenance
Buchholz Gallery, New York.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 30 September 1999, lot 95.
The Mayor Gallery, London.
Private collection, New York.
Gallery Wendi Norris, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2012.
Literature
D.A. Miller Birmingham, André Masson in America, the Artist's Achievement in Exile, 1941-1945, dis., The University of Michigan, 1978, no. 13, p. 297 (illustrated).
G. & M. Masson & C. Loewer, André Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. II,1930-1941, Vaumarcus, 2010, no. 1937/1941*5, p. 409 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery, André Masson, February - March 1942, no. 15.
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| Artist: | André Masson (1896 - 1987) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | André Masson (1896 - 1987) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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