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    24 June 2016

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    • André Masson (1896-1987)
    Lot 68

    André Masson (1896-1987)

    L'enfant au caméléon (Portrait de Luis)

    Price realised

    GBP 4,375

    Estimate

    GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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    André Masson (1896-1987)
    L'enfant au caméléon (Portrait de Luis)
    signed and dated 'André Masson XLV' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'L'enfant au caméléon. Pastel et encre - (Poitiers, Décembre XLV.) André Masson' (on the reverse)
    pastel and India ink on masonite
    17 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (45.4 x 35.2 cm.)
    Executed in Poitiers in December 1945

    Provenance

    Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 14447/50027).
    Curt Valentin Gallery, New York.
    Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago.
    Mr & Mrs Peter Bensinger, Chicago; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4-5 July 1962, lot 262.
    Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, acquired from the above.

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    Lot Essay

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

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