Lot Essay
This copy was originally in the collection of Curt Valentin, Masson's dealer and publisher in New York in the 1940s.
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COLLECTION OF A NEW YORK GENTLEMAN
ANDRE MASSON (1896-1987)
Le génie de l'espèce
Details
ANDRE MASSON (1896-1987)
Le génie de l'espèce
drypoint and engraving in sanguine, on wove paper, 1942, signed in pencil, inscribed ‘epreuve d’artiste’ (the edition was 30), published by Buchholz Gallery, New York, a few stray traces of printer’s ink in the margins, otherwise in good condition, framed
Image: 14 3/8 x 10 ¾ in. (365 x 264 mm.)
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (492 x 384 mm.)
Le génie de l'espèce
drypoint and engraving in sanguine, on wove paper, 1942, signed in pencil, inscribed ‘epreuve d’artiste’ (the edition was 30), published by Buchholz Gallery, New York, a few stray traces of printer’s ink in the margins, otherwise in good condition, framed
Image: 14 3/8 x 10 ¾ in. (365 x 264 mm.)
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (492 x 384 mm.)
Literature
Saphire 84; Surrealist Prints 72