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Folio 17 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

André MassonWW-1949-M147461

1949·Aquatint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut·plate (partial): 6 5/16 x 4 3/4" (16.1 x 12cm); page: 12 3/4 × 9 13/16" (32.4 × 25 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1949
Medium: Aquatint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut
Dimensions: plate (partial): 6 5/16 x 4 3/4" (16.1 x 12cm); page: 12 3/4 × 9 13/16" (32.4 × 25 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: André Masson

Artist

André Masson

Printmaking

An early exponent of Surrealism and automatic drawing, a trenchant interpreter of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and an important influence on the Abstract Expressionists during his years in the suburbs of New York, André Masson eludes easy classification.

Paris, France

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