Portrait à l'éphémère

Details

ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)
Portrait à l'éphémère
drypoint, on wove paper, 1945, signed in pencil in 1977, annotated 'Bon à tirer' (a proof before the edition in 1977), with wide margins, mat staining, a ¼ x ¼-in. area of discoloration in the right margin, framed
Image: 9 7/8 x 8 in. (251 x 203 mm.)
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 ¾ in. (359 x 273 mm.)

Literature

Saphire 98, see Saphire & Cramer books 110

Lot Essay

Saphire notes that two proofs were pulled in 1945 or thereabouts, one with the face wiped which Curt Valentin kept and the other, with overall tone, which Masson kept (presumably the current lot). The edition of 1977 was pulled on the old Atelier 17 press which Hayter gave to Kurt Schrag when Atelier 17 disbanded in New York.

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