Lot 98
  • 98

André Masson

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • André Masson
  • Forêt Martinique
  • Signed André Masson and dated Martinique 1941 (lower right)
  • Ink on paper
  • 24 3/4 by 18 7/8 in.
  • 63 by 48 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Jeffrey Loria, circa 1985
Larry Rivers, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above circa 1991

Exhibited

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, André Masson, 1976
Paris, Centre Nationale d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou (at Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais), André Masson, 5 March - May 2, 1977, cat. no. 83

Literature

William Rubin & Carolyn Lanchner, André Masson, New York, 1976, illustrated page 56

Condition

The sheet is in very good condition apart from slight rippling; attached to mount in places around the edges. There are pinholes in the upper corners.
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