Lot no. 64
64. * AR ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)
The Key-Carrying Centaur
signed and dated 'André Masson 1947' (lower right)
oil on canvas
Painted in 1947
signed and dated 'André Masson 1947' (lower right)
oil on canvas
Painted in 1947
91.4 x 72.4 cm.
36 x 28 1/2 in.
This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by the Comité André Masson.
A certificate may be issued at the buyer's expense.
Provenance
Galerie Simon, Paris.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Flachi Arte Moderna, Milan.
Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York.
Exhibitions
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Masson Alberto Giacometti, 6 May - 11 June, 1950, no. 53.
New York, Weinstein Gallery, Surrealism New World, 2011-2012, illustrated p. 101.
Bibliography
J. P. Clebert, Mythologie d'André Masson, Geneva, 1971, no. 174, illustrated np.
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