Lot 98
  • 98

André Masson

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • André Masson
  • Minotaure, I (le grand)
  • numéroté 4/8, porte les cachets du fondeur Brustolin, le cachet de l'éditeur Due et inscrit AM
  • bronze

Literature

Roger Passeron, André Masson, Catalogue général des sculptures, Turin, 1987, no. 15, un autre exemplaire reproduit fig. 67

Condition

Attractive black patina. Some oxidation of the patina in the crevices. Apart from two scratches on the back of the figure, this work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

numbered '4/8', bears the Foundry marks 'Brustolin' and the editor mark 'Due', bronze. Conceived in terracotta in 1942 and cast in bronze in 1986-87 by the Ateliers O. Brustolin in an edition of 8 plus two artist's proofs.