Lot 68
  • 68

André Masson

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • André Masson
  • La Lune
  • signed André Masson (lower left)
  • gouache on paper
  • 50 x 36.4 cm ; 19 6/8 x 14 2/8 in.

Provenance

Studio of the artist
Galerie Simon, Paris
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Artcurial, Papiers de Peintres - Papiers de Sculpteurs, 1991

Condition

Executed on white laid paper, not laid down, fixed to the mount at the upper and right edge. There are artists pinholes in the corners. There are a few scattered accretions and minor liquid stains in the blue background with a few pinhole pigment losses. There are traces of old tape and media marks on the reverse. The colours have remained intense, this work is in very good overall condition.
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