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André Masson, Kurt Seligmann, and others

Fruits of the Abyss

1941-1942

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Fruits of the Abyss

1941-1942

Physical Qualities Etching and softground etching, Sheet: 429 x 309 mm. (16 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.) Plate: 302 x 202 mm. (11 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.758.7
Miss Etta Cone, Baltimore
Sawin, Martica; Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School, MIT Press, c. 1995, pp. 190-193. Illust. Breton, Carrington, Motherwell. Kaplan, Gilbert (ed.); Surrealist Prints, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; c. 1997 Atlantis, p.96, 146, Fig. 86. Lippard, Lucy R.(ed.); Surrealists on Art; Prentice Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs NJ, c. 1970. Saphie, Lawrence; Andre Masson, The Complete Graphic Work, Surrealism, 1924-49; Blue Moon Press, NY, 1990, # 85. Saphie, Lawrence and Cramer, Patrick; Andre Masson: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue Raisonne, Geneva, 1994, # 15.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "Andre Masson 42"

Markings: none

Artist

André Masson

1895–1986

French, 1896-1987
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Printer

Kurt Seligmann

1899–1961

American, born Switzerland, 1900-1962
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Publisher

VVV

2000–2000

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