André Masson Prints and Multiples
French, 1896-1987
Born in 1896 in Balagny-sur- Thérain, a small village in France, André Masson spent most of his youth in Brussels, Belgium working as a pattern maker at an embroidery atelier. Masson began his schooling in 1907 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1912, he relocated to Paris, where he attended the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1914, the artist was called to military duty for the First World War, where he was severely wounded and sent back to Paris. Much of Masson’s work is influenced by this trauma; his drawings and paintings executed during the 1920s represent battle scenes, blood, death, birds and fish. The strange realities of trench warfare and the immediate contiguity of life and death are drawn upon, and his imagery suggests a confrontation of life at an abnormal level of experience. His signature style deals with violence, evident in terrifying, fragmented figures, which reflect the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and WWII, as well as his troubled psyche in the aftermath of his service in WWI.
After WWI, Masson moved to the South of France, where he met Juan Gris, André Derain, Joan Miró and André Breton. Breton championed the Surrealist Manifesto and Masson joined in the group exhibition of the first Surrealists. An iconoclast, whose abrupt stylistic transitions defy classification, Masson also explored automatism (automatic drawing), a process that sought to express the creative force of the unconscious. These automatic drawings had no preconceived subject or composition. Like a medium channeling a spirit, Masson let his pen travel rapidly across the paper without conscious control. He soon found hints of images, fragmented bodies and objects, emerging from the abstract, lacelike web of pen marks. At times, Masson elaborated on these with conscious changes or additions, but he left the traces of the rapidly drawn ink mostly intact. Masson’s oeuvre explores several techniques of painting, drawing and sculpture and displays rich, colorful abstraction as well as monochrome imagery and automatic linear representations. An early Surrealist and student of Cubism, Masson went on to inspire the New York Abstract Expressionists. Masson developed a technique of automatic painting that retained the element of chance; he dripped glue onto paper to form drawings and then covered it with sand. These ‘sand paintings’ are unquestionably his most iconic style.
When Masson emigrated to the U.S. in 1939, he strongly influenced several American painters with this technique, the most evident example being Jackson Pollack. After his time in America, he returned to Europe and while living in Spain during the mid-1930s, he became enraptured with Spanish themes—bullfights, matadors and Spanish mythology. Masson finally settled down in France (Aix-en-Provence), where he took up a late interest in impressionistic landscape, but he ultimately came to a place where he painted nearly exclusively abstract images. Masson dedicated his life as an artist to encouraging the non-rational purpose in art, to the direct transference of subconscious thought and to the primal forces of conflicts that he experienced in the trenches of World War One. Masson sought to convey in his work a deeper reality of man’s behavior, his own complex personal imagery, and his belief that painting is not a matter of developing style but a part of life itself.
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Artist: André Masson
Surrealist Woman
By André Masson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Andre Masson (French)
Title: Surrealist Woman
Year: 1970
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 146/200 in pencil
Image size: 24 x 18.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"The Sun" original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Published in Paris in 1938 by Teriade for the second issue of the art revue Verve (Volume 1, Number 2). Andre Masson was invited to contribute an origina...
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1930s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue No. 38). Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (310 x 237 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"The Moon" original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Published in Paris in 1938 by Teriade for the second issue of the art revue Verve (Volume 1, Number 2). Andre Masson was invited to contribute an origina...
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1930s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Andre Masson Exposition de ses œuvres récentes 1962-1968 à la Galerie Louise
By André Masson
Located in Paonia, CO
An original lithograph poster by French artist Andre Masson for Exposition de ses œuvres récentes 1962-1968 à la Galerie Louise ......exhibition of the recent ...
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1960s Abstract André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
signed original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 on Rives wove paper at the atelier Mourlot and published by Philippe Lebaud in a limited edition of 190 for the "Variations sur l'imagina...
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1970s André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
André Masson, "Figures in Landscape, " hand signed lithograph in colors
By André Masson
Located in Chatsworth, CA
André Masson
Figures in Landscape
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper
Hand signed in pencil, numbered 51/150
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Don Giovanni, Surreal Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987)
Title: Don Giovanni
Year: 1978
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 163/250
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm ...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Torse Tatoué - Lithograph by André Masson - 1947
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
This lithograph is hand signed and numbered. Edition of 75 prints.
André Masson (1896-1987) was a French painter, whose style was influenced by Cubism and Surrealism . After traveli...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Anatomie de Mon Univers
By André Masson
Located in Wilton, CT
Reprint of Andre Masson's book from 1939. Printed on heavy wove paper. 30 plates of black and white drawings.
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1930s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Torse Tatoué - Lithograph by André Masson - 1947
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
This lithograph is hand signed and numbered. Edition of 75 prints.
André Masson (1896-1987) was a French painter, whose style was influenced by Cubism and Surrealism . After traveli...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Profil rose
By André Masson
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Signed and numbered 14/200 in pencil.
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1960s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Color, Lithograph
"Le Prince Iris, " Surrealist Lithograph From "Je Reve" Portfolio
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Prince Iris" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. The artist signed the piece lower right in pencil and wrote the edition number, H.C. XXV/X...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Bacchanale from Je Reve (I Dream) Portfolio, " Original Color Lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bacchanale" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. This piece is from the Je Reve (I Dream) portfolio and is edition number H.C. XVV/XVV. Masson signed the piece in pencil...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Le Philosophe Au Papillon, " an Original Color Lithograph, Signed
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Philosophe Au Papillon", from Je Reve (I Dream) Portfolio, is an original color lithograph signed in pencil lower right by French Surrealist artist Andre Masson. This is H.C. XXV/XXV. It depicts a brightly colored man...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Satan" from "Je Reve" portfolio, Surrealist Lithograph, Signed
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Satan" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. This piece is from the "Je Reve" (I Dream) portfolio of 1975. The edition number, written lower left, is H.C. XXV/XXV. The ar...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
Dancing under the Stars - Original lithograph, Signed
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Andre MASSON
Dancing under the Stars, 1973
Original lithograph
Signed with the stamp of the artist
Numbered / 100
On vellum 58 x 38 cm (c. 23 x 15 in)
Very good condition, small de...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Satan /// Surrealism Modern Andre Masson French Lithograph Mythological Art
By André Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: André Masson (French, 1896-1987)
Title: "Satan"
Portfolio: Je Rêve (I Dream)
*Signed by Masson in pencil lower center
Year: 1975
Medium: Original Lithograph on Arches paper
L...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Executed by Andre Masson for XXe Siecle (issue No. 32) in 1969. Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (310 x 240 mm). Not signed.
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1960s André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. A nice impression printed on wove paper in an edition of 650 in 1973 for the "Andre Masson Gravures" catalogue raisonne. The total sheet measures 14 x 11...
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1970s André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Atalante by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Andre Masson
Medium: Lithographic Poster before lettering, 1967
Dimensions: 29.5 x 22.75 in, 74.93 x 57.79 cm
Classic Poster Paper - Excellent ...
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1960s André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
André Masson "Judith and Holofernes", 1974
By André Masson
Located in Washington, DC
Signed color lithograph by French artist André Masson (1896-1987). Title of work is Judith and Holofernes. Work is signed and numbered 74/150 in ...
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1970s Abstract André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Archival Paper
Abstract Composition - Original Etching by Andre Masson - 1965
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original black and white etching on cardboard realized in 1965 by André Masson.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin.
On the lower left margin...
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1960s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Sonnet XIV
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1978
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 11/115
Publisher : Erker (Saint Gallen)
38.00 cm. x 28.00 cm. 14.96 in. x 11.02 in. (paper)
33.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 12.99 in. x 9.45 in. (image)
From "Vingt-deux poèmes" of Jean Cassou...
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1970s Abstract André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Vintage Lithograph Mourlot Poster Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
André Masson - Hand-Signed Lithography, 1975
By André Masson
Located in Varese, IT
André Masson (1896 - 1987) - Hand-Signed Lithography, 1975
Additional Information:
Material: Color lithography
Edited in 1975
Limited edition, numbered in lower left corner 26/50
Si...
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20th Century André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Visage, Surreal Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987)
Title: Visage
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 97/200
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x...
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1960s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing plate.
Size is of the full sheet.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured.
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 Miro, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris.
From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. 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 (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s).
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, In particular Arshile Gorky drew on it, as did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes.
Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
Couple by André Masson
By André Masson
Located in New York, NY
Artist: André Masson
Medium: Original Lithograph, Signed & Numbered, 52/125
Dimensions: 26 x 19.3 in, 66 x 49 cm
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Early 20th Century André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
No title
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Annoted "EA"
49.00 cm. x 64.00 cm. 19.29 in. x 25.2 in. (paper)
43.00 cm. x 59.00 cm. 16.93 in. x 23.23 in. (image)
LCD4330
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1970s Abstract André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing plate.
Size is of the full sheet.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured.
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 Miro, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris.
From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. 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 (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s).
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, In particular Arshile Gorky drew on it, as did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes.
Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
Surrealist Composition 10 - Original Collotype by André Masson -Mid-20th century
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealist Composition 10 is an original collotype print realized by André Masson.
The artwork is in good conditions, no signature on a yellowed paper.
André Masson (1896-1987)was ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Black and White
1974 Andre Masson 'Le Septieme Chant I' Surrealism Black & White France Etching
By André Masson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27 x 23 inches ( 68.58 x 58.42 cm )
Image Size: 10.5 x 8.25 inches ( 26.67 x 20.955 cm )
Framed: Yes
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Addition...
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1970s André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Etching
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Verona, Venice - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
André Masson
Verona, Venice
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil with his monogram
On Chinese paper applied on vellum, 52,5 x 37,5 cm (c. 20,6 x 14,7 inch)
Excellent condition
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1950s Modern André Masson Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing plate.
Size is of the full sheet.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured.
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 Miro, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris.
From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. 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 (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s).
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, In particular Arshile Gorky drew on it, as did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes.
Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
Les Erophages
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1960
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 3/3
66.00 cm. x 51.00 cm. 25.98 in. x 20.08 in. (paper)
33.00 cm. x 25.00 cm. 12.99 in. x 9.84 in. (image...
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1960s Abstract André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing plate.
Size is of the full sheet.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured.
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 Miro, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris.
From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. 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 (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s).
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, In particular Arshile Gorky drew on it, as did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes.
Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan...
Category
20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
Category
20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing plate.
Size is of the full sheet.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured.
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 Miro, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris.
From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. 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 (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s).
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, In particular Arshile Gorky drew on it, as did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes.
Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Surrealist Composition 9 - Original Collotype Print by A. Masson - 20th Century
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealist Composition 9 is an original collotype realized by André Masson.
The artwork is in good conditions, no signature on a yellowed paper.
André Masson (1896-1987)was a Frenc...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Black and White
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Intérieur Vénitien (Venetian Interior) /// Surrealism Modern Andre Masson Nude
By André Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Andre Masson (French, 1896-1987)
Title: "Interieur Vénitien (Venetian Interior)"
*Signed by Masson in pencil lower right
Year: 1975
Medium: Original Lithograph on Arches paper
Limited edition: 45/125
Printer: Atelier Mourlot, Paris, France
Publisher: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France
Reference: "Andre Masson Graphik" - Passerson page 177
Sheet size: 26" x 20"
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some light handling creases in left margin. In excellent condition
Notes:
Numbered by Masson in pencil lower left. Arches watermark right center margin.
Biography:
André Masson (b. Balagny-sur-Thérain 1896 - Paris 1987) was a French artist. He 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...
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1970s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Caliban, " Original Color Lithograph by Surrealist Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Caliban" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. It features abstract marks and designs in brown over a background of pink and yellow.
10" x 7 1/2" art
20 1/2" x 18" fram...
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1960s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Galerie Louis Leiris - Lithograph by André Masson - 1968
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
This is an hand signed lithograph by André Masson, with dedication.
André Masson was a French artist, well-known as part of the Surrealism. He was a painter but also a sculptor and ...
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1960s Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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no title
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 95/99
57.00 cm. x 75.50 cm. 22.44 in. x 29.72 in. (paper)
49.00 cm. x 61.00 cm. 19.29 in. x 24.02 in. (image)
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1970s Abstract André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Léda aux trois perles
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1972
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annoted "Epreuve artiste"
34.50 cm. x 28.50 cm. 13.58 in. x 11.22 in. (paper)
26.00 cm. x 20.50 cm. 10.24 in. x 8.07 in. (ima...
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1970s Abstract André Masson Prints and Multiples
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1972 Andre Masson 'XXe Siecle no. 38' Expressionism Multicolor, Red Lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches ( 31.115 x 24.13 cm )
Image Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches ( 31.115 x 24.13 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Addi...
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1970s André Masson Prints and Multiples
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1974 Andre Masson 'Le Septieme Chant II' Expressionism Brown, White France
By André Masson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 14.75 x 11 inches ( 37.465 x 27.94 cm )
Image Size: 10.5 x 8.75 inches ( 26.67 x 22.225 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Found inside BK2922 P...
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French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
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20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Offset, Lithograph
French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates.
Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing plate.
Size is of the full sheet.
André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist.
Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured.
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 Miro, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris.
From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. 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 (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s).
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, In particular Arshile Gorky drew on it, as did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes.
Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan...
Category
20th Century Surrealist André Masson Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Offset
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