Property from a Distinguished Private Collection | Provenant d'une prestigieuse collection particulière
André Masson
André Masson
Les cartes postales
Les cartes postales
Estimate:
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
André Masson
1896 - 1987
Les cartes postales
signed André Masson (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
33,2 x 46 cm; 13 x 18⅛ in.
Painted in 1924-25.
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Provenant d'une prestigieuse collection particulière
André Masson
1896 - 1987
Les cartes postales
signé André Masson (au dos)
huile sur toile
33,2 x 46 cm; 13 x 18⅛ in.
Peint en 1924-25.
The canvas is not lined. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. There is a tiny speck of paint loss towards the centre of the lower edge and a further tiny speck of paint loss towards the upper left corner. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris
Joseph Müller, Solothurn
Sale: Kornfeld Galerie, Bern, June 20-22, 1979, lot 820
Private collection, Switzerland
Sale: Dobiaschofsky Auctions, Bern, November 9, 2007, lot 529
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris
Joseph Müller, Solothurn
Vente: Kornfeld Galerie, Bern, 20-22 juin 1979, lot 820
Collection particulière, Suisse
Vente: Dobiaschofsky Auctions, Bern, 9 novembre 2007, lot 529
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel
Frances Fielding & Lewis Beatty, André Masson and the Imagery of Surrealism, New York, 1981, illustrated p. 556 (titled Les cartes postales de Paris and dated 1925)
Guite Masson, Martin Masson & Catherine Lower, André Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint 1919-1941, Paris, 2010, vol. I, no. 1924-25*7, illustrated p. 259
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Frances Fielding & Lewis Beatty, André Masson and the Imagery of Surrealism, New York, 1981, reproduit p. 556 (sous le tire Les cartes postales de Paris et daté 1925)
Guite Masson, Martin Masson & Catherine Lower, André Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint 1919-1941, Paris, 2010, vol. I, no. 1924-25*7, reproduit p. 259