Andr Masson (1896-1988)
Andr Masson (1896-1988)

La chimre dompte

Details
Andr Masson (1896-1988)
La chimre dompte
signed 'Andr Masson' (lower left)
oil and tempera on canvas
51 x 63in. (130 x 162cm.)
Painted circa 1960-1961
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's Parke Bernet New York, 23 October 1980, lot 272. John Kluge, New York.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Andr Masson - Peintures 1960-61, 1962, no. 7 (illustrated).
Berlin, Akademie der Knste, Andr Masson, May 1964, no. 63 (illustrated p. 20).
Paris, Muse National d'Art Moderne, Andr Masson, March-May 1965, no. 88 (illustrated p. 25).
Marseilles, Muse Cantini, Andr Masson, July-September 1968 (illustrated).
Brussels, Casino Communal, XIIth Festival Belge d'Et, Andr Masson, 1969, no. 44 (illustrated).
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Andr Masson - Massacres Mtamorphoses Mythologies, September-November 1996, no. 107 (illustrated p. 104).

Lot Essay

Sold with a photo-certificate from the Comit Andr Masson dated Paris, le 8 juillet 1994. This work is registered at the Comit Andr Masson under no. 562.

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