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Le Comité André Masson a confirmé l'authenticité de cette œuvre.
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Collection de Moncha et Josep Lluís Sert
André Masson (1896-1987)
Souvenir de Long Island
Details
André Masson (1896-1987)
Souvenir de Long Island
signé 'andré Masson' (en bas à droite)
assemblage de coquillages, verre et clous sur panneau de bois peint
29.8 x 16.2 x 3.9 cm.
Exécuté en 1942
signed 'andré Masson' (lower right)
assemblage of shells, glass and nails on a painted wooden panel
11 ¾ x 6 ½ x 1 5/8 in.
Executed in 1942
Souvenir de Long Island
signé 'andré Masson' (en bas à droite)
assemblage de coquillages, verre et clous sur panneau de bois peint
29.8 x 16.2 x 3.9 cm.
Exécuté en 1942
signed 'andré Masson' (lower right)
assemblage of shells, glass and nails on a painted wooden panel
11 ¾ x 6 ½ x 1 5/8 in.
Executed in 1942
Provenance
Moncha et Josep Lluís Sert, Cambridge, Massachusetts (don de l'artiste).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Further Details
Le lundi 31 mars 1941, André Masson, son épouse Rose ainsi que leurs deux enfants Diego et Luis embarquent sur le cargo Carimaré à Marseille en direction de New York. Malgré les événements dramatiques qui se jouent à l’époque en Europe, c’est avec un grand enthousiasme que Masson prépare son voyage en Amérique; ce départ offre la sécurité et la liberté à sa famille et lui donne l’opportunité de poursuivre sa collaboration avec Breton et les surréalistes, dont beaucoup ont déjà traversé l’Atlantique. Souvenir de Long Island, exécuté peu après son arrivée aux États-Unis, est un assemblage témoignant parfaitement de l’exploration poétique que Masson avait cherché à développer dans ses premiers travaux surréalistes. Les coquillages et le fragment de verre lavé disposés sur une planche en bois robuste invitent les spectateurs à procéder à une métamorphose psychique, en transformant par leur imagination les formes qu’ils voient en une vision fantaisiste imaginaire.
Souvenir de Long Island fut offert par André Masson à Lluís Sert pour le remercier pour son hospitalité lors de son séjour à Locust Valley, Nasau County.
On Monday, March 31st, 1941 André Masson, accompanied by his wife Rose and their two children Diego and Luis, set sail from Marseille for New York aboard the cargo ship Carimare. Despite the prevailing catastrophic events raging through Europe, it was with considerable excitement that Masson anticipated his trip to America, not just for the security and freedom it offered his family, but also because of the opportunities it afforded him to resume his work with Breton and the Surrealists, many of whom had already made their way across the Atlantic. Souvenir de Long Island, executed shortly after his arrival, is an assemblage object which expresses much of the poetic exploration which Masson sought to develop in his earlier Surrealist work. The shells and washed glass fragment arranged upon a sturdy wooden plank beckon the viewer to perform the act of psychic metamorphosis, transforming through our imagination the forms we see into an imagined whimsical vision.
Souvenir de Long Island was gifted by André Masson Lluís Sert to thank him for his hospitality in Locust Valley, Nasau County.
Souvenir de Long Island fut offert par André Masson à Lluís Sert pour le remercier pour son hospitalité lors de son séjour à Locust Valley, Nasau County.
On Monday, March 31st, 1941 André Masson, accompanied by his wife Rose and their two children Diego and Luis, set sail from Marseille for New York aboard the cargo ship Carimare. Despite the prevailing catastrophic events raging through Europe, it was with considerable excitement that Masson anticipated his trip to America, not just for the security and freedom it offered his family, but also because of the opportunities it afforded him to resume his work with Breton and the Surrealists, many of whom had already made their way across the Atlantic. Souvenir de Long Island, executed shortly after his arrival, is an assemblage object which expresses much of the poetic exploration which Masson sought to develop in his earlier Surrealist work. The shells and washed glass fragment arranged upon a sturdy wooden plank beckon the viewer to perform the act of psychic metamorphosis, transforming through our imagination the forms we see into an imagined whimsical vision.
Souvenir de Long Island was gifted by André Masson Lluís Sert to thank him for his hospitality in Locust Valley, Nasau County.
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