ANDRÉ MASSON | Etude pour la sculpture Métamorphose

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Roger Passeron, André Masson : general catalogue of the sculptures, Turin, 1988, fig. 11, illustrated p. 75

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and affixed to the mount along several points along the upper and lower edges. The upper right and both lower corners are slightly scuffed. The sheet is gently undulating. There are a few pinholes to the upper right and lower left corners. There is a crease running diagonally across the lower right corner and some minor additional flattened creases in places. There is a dot of brown pigment with associated minor paper skinning towards the centre of the upper right quadrant. The sheet slightly light stained. This work is in overall very good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Masson.