ANDRé MASSON (1896-1988)
LA CHIMèRE DOMPTéE
SIGNED 'ANDRé MASSON' (LOWER LEFT)
OIL AND TEMPERA ON CANVAS
51 X 63 3/4IN. (130 X 162CM.)
PAINTED CIRCA 1960-61
Provenance
GALERIE LOUISE LEIRIS, PARIS
M. KNOEDLER & CO., NEW YORK
ANON. SALE, SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET, NEW YORK, 23 OCTOBER 1980, LOT 272
JOHN KLUGE, NEW YORK
HIS SALE, CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 6 NOVEMBER 1991, LOT 324
Exhibited
PARIS, GALERIE LOUISE LEIRIS, ANDRé MASSON - PEINTURES 1960-61, 1962, NO. 7 (ILLUSTRATED).
BERLIN, AKADEMIE DER KNSTE, ANDRé MASSON, MAY 1964, NO. 63 (ILLUSTRATED P. 20). PARIS, MUSéE NATIONAL D'ART MODERNE, ANDRé MASSON, MARCH-MAY 1965, NO. 88 (ILLUSTRATED P. 25).
MARSEILLES, MUSéE CANTINI, ANDRé MASSON, JULY-SEPTEMBER 1968 (ILLUSTRATED). BRUSSELS, CASINO COMMUNAL, XIITH FESTIVAL BELGE D'ETé, ANDRé MASSON, 1969, NO. 44 (ILLUSTRATED).
BERN, KUNSTMUSEUM, ANDRé MASSON - MASSACRES MéTAMORPHOSES MYTHOLOGIES, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1996, NO. 107 (ILLUSTRATED P. 104).
Sale room notice
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS SUBJECT TO 2.5 VAT AND SHOULD BE STARRED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Lot Essay
SOLD WITH A CERTIFICATE FROM THE COMITé ANDRé MASSON DATED PARIS, LE 8 JUILLET 1994. THIS WORK IS REGISTERED AT THE COMITé ANDRé MASSON UNDER NO. 562.