Milton, NY
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This original color lithograph depicts a snow-clad, one-eyed moon with horns - surreal composition on the theme of celestial bodies …
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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.
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- Dimensions
- 10.5ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 14ʺH
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Abstract
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Lithograph
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- This lithograph is in very good condition with some de-binding marks along the left side after it was removed from … moreThis lithograph is in very good condition with some de-binding marks along the left side after it was removed from the 1938 issue of the French art magazine "Verve". less
Milton, NY
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