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André MassonWW-1956-M027464

1956·Aquatint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph·composition: 7 7/16 × 7" (18.9 × 17.8 cm); page: 7 7/16 × 7 1/16" (18.9 × 17.9 cm)

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Year: 1956
Medium: Aquatint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph
Dimensions: composition: 7 7/16 × 7" (18.9 × 17.8 cm); page: 7 7/16 × 7 1/16" (18.9 × 17.9 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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