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Andre Masson
"Les Erophages" Etching & Aquatint with Gold Ink on Paper signed by Andre Masson

1960s

$3,310
£2,541.94
€2,913.03
CA$4,659.66
A$5,219.85
CHF 2,720.02
MX$63,671.42
NOK 34,565.20
SEK 32,592.52
DKK 21,742.05

About the Item

"Les Erophages" is an etching and aquatint with gold ink on Japanese paper signed by Andre Masson. Coming from the corner on the lower left was a boarder of pink with lines and circles. Two figures stand in the middle of the piece with purple accents. The background is blue and has lines like the boarder. Edition 9/10 Signed lower right Art: 13 x 10 in Frame: 26 x 23.25 in André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist. Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but was brought up in Belgium. He began his study of art at the age of eleven in Brussels, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. His early works display an interest in cubism. He later became associated with surrealism, and he was one of the most enthusiastic employers of automatic drawing, making a number of automatic works in pen and ink. Masson would often force himself to work under strict conditions, for example, after long periods of time without food or sleep, or under the influence of drugs. He believed forcing himself into a reduced state of consciousness would help his art be free from rational control, and hence get closer to the workings of his subconscious mind. Masson experimented with altered states of consciousness with artists such as Antonin Artaud, Michel Leiris, Joan Miró, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris. By the end of the 1920s, however, he was finding Automatic drawing rather restricting, and he left the surrealist movement and turned instead to a more structured style, often producing works with a violent or erotic theme, and making a number of paintings in reaction to the Spanish Civil War. Under the German occupation of France during World War II, his work was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate. With the assistance of Varian Fry in Marseille, Masson escaped the Nazi regime on a ship to the French island of Martinique from where he went on to the United States. Upon arrival in New York City, U.S. customs officials inspecting Masson's luggage found a cache of his erotic drawings. Denouncing them as pornographic, they ripped them up before the artist's eyes. Living in New Preston, Connecticut his work became an important influence on American abstract expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes.
  • Creator:
    Andre Masson
  • Creation Year:
    1960s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 23.25 in (59.06 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 12518c1stDibs: LU60535550261

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