André Masson (1896-1987)
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André Masson (1896-1987)

Les messagers d'Hybris

Details
André Masson (1896-1987)
Les messagers d'Hybris
signed 'André Masson' (lower right)
pastel on coloured paper laid down on canvas
90 x 71 cm.
Executed in 1972.
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (dated 1971).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1996, lot 321.
Exhibited
(probably) Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Entrevisions, 1973.
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.

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Lot Essay

The present lot is one of a series of works made between 1972-1973, titled Entrevisions: a symbolist term for works of fantasy issuing from unknown or unexpected sources.

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité André Masson.

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