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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 5, 2024 | Piasa | Paris | The Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection From Surrealism to Pop Art | 27 | $****** - ****** | Le piège dans la prairie |
paintings
38 x 46 cm (14.96 x 18.11 in)
Oil on canvas
Signed on the bottom right
André Masson (Balagny-sur-Therain, 1896 - Paris, 1987)
Le piège dans la prairie, 1939
Oil on canvas
Signed on the bottom right
38 x 46 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie Simon, Paris (label on the back, stock no.12741)
- Marcel Zerbib, Paris
- Timothy Baum, New York
- Former Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris (ex-libris on the back)
Exhibitions:
- Paris, Grand Palais, "La Femme et ses artistes", 5 April to 27 April 1986, described in the catalogue p. 236
- St Petersburg, Florida, "Andre Masson: the 1930s", 1 October 1999 - 16 January 2000, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 43 p. 107
Bibliography:
- G. Masson, M. Masson, C. Loewer "André Masson Catalogue Raisonné de l"oeuvre peint 1919 - 1941", Ed. Artacatos, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 1939*16 p. 375
- C. V. Poling, "Andre Masson and the surrealist self", Yale University Press, New Haven and London, n 89, illustrated in the catalogue p. 125
Toile et châssis d"origine.
Bonne cohésion des matériaux.
Examinée sous lampe UV : pas de retouche apparente.
Très légère déformation dans l"angle supérieur gauche.
Surface encrassée.
Vernis oxydé et quelques légers frottements au niveaux des bords (arêtes extérieures).
Original canvas and stretcher.
Good cohesion of materials.
Examined under UV lamp: no apparent retouching.
Very slight deformation in the upper left corner.
Soiled surface.
Oxidized varnish and slight rubbing at edges (outer edges).
