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Apparition d'un ascète au desert
Details
André Masson (1896-1987)
Apparition d'un ascète au desert
signed 'andré masson' (lower left); dated and inscribed 'Apparition d'un ascète au desert 1973 Suite Entrevisions' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 31 7/8 in. (130 x 81 cm.)
Painted in 1973
Apparition d'un ascète au desert
signed 'andré masson' (lower left); dated and inscribed 'Apparition d'un ascète au desert 1973 Suite Entrevisions' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 31 7/8 in. (130 x 81 cm.)
Painted in 1973
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 15923/58217).
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 15 June 2006, lot 560.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 15 June 2006, lot 560.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Masson, Oeuvres récentes VII72-VII 73, Paris, 1973, no. 25.
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