André Masson's 1938 Lithograph, "The Moon" (La Lune)

Description

This original color lithograph depicts a snow-clad, one-eyed moon with horns - surreal composition on the theme of celestial bodies … more This original color lithograph depicts a snow-clad, one-eyed moon with horns - surreal composition on the theme of celestial bodies for the French art periodical Verve, published in 1938 on the eve of the Second World War. 

Signed "André Masson" on the stone and is not a mass-produced photomechanical reprint but the lithograph for the 1938 issue of the French art magazine "Verve". One of approx. 2000 unsigned impressions for the book edition on smooth velin paper.

The text on the reverse, as published in 1938, is in English title "The Moon" as well as "Lithography by André Masson"

André Masson (French, 1896–1987) was a painter and graphic artist who promoted Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism in his works. less