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ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)

Lot 334
30.06.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 334 | ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)

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signed 'André Masson' (upper right)

oil on canvas

15 x 24 in. (38 x 61 cm.)

Painted in 1923





Provenance

Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris, by 1924.

Acquired from the above in the late 1950s-1960s, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

W. Rubin, André Masson, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1976, p. 97 (illustrated p. 96).

F.F.L. Beatty, André Masson and the Imagery of Surrealism, dis., Columbia University, 1981, p. 506 (illustrated pl. 118).

G. & M. Masson & C. Lœwer, André Masson and the Imagery of Surrealism, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1919-1941, vol. I, 1919 - 1929, Vaumarcus, 2010, no. 1923*34, p. 146 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Simon, André Masson, February - March 1924, no. 22.

Basel, Kunsthalle, André Masson, Alberto Giacometti, May - June 1950, no. 6, p. 8.



Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:André Masson (1896 - 1987)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Still life
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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