MASSON, ANDRÉ
1896 Balagny-sur-Thérain - 1987 Paris
Title: Pyramus und Thisbe (From: Louis Aragon. Les Amants Célèbres).
Date: 1973-79.
Technique: Colour etching on laid paper.
Mounting: Matted. Depiction Size: 37 x 45cm.
Sheet Size: mat window: 39,5 x 47cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered.
Publisher: Propyläen Verlag, Berlin (publisher).
Number: 31/70.
Frame/Pedestal: Mat (60 x 81cm).
Condition:
Slightly discoloured. Due to the manufacturing process minimally wavy. Firmly adhered to mat. Otherwise in good condition.
The drafts were created in 1973-74. The series was printed and published in 1979.
Literature:
- Saphire, Lawrence/Cramer, Patrick: André Masson - The illustrated books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva 1994, cat. rais. no. 114.