André Masson La rose d'Artémis
Property from a Prestigious European Collection
André Masson
1896 - 1987
La rose d’Artémis
signed André Masson and dated 1939 (on the reverse); titled La rose d'Artémis and dated 1939 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
33 x 41 cm; 13 x 16⅛ in.
Executed in 1939.
Provenance:
Galerie Simon, Paris (no. ph. 10986)
Private collection, Paris
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 March 1984, lot 51
Patrice Trigano, Paris
Christie's, London, 4 February 2008, lot 175
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Literature:
Patrick Waldberg, "André Masson ou le monde dans un grain de sable", in XXe siècle, vol. 32, June 1969, illustrated
Guite Masson, Martin Masson and Catherine Loewer, André Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1919-1941, Volume II, 1930-1941, Paris, 2010, no. 1939*19, p. 379, illustrated in colour (titled La rose d'Artémise)
Property from a Prestigious European Collection
André Masson
1896 - 1987
La rose d’Artémis
signed André Masson and dated 1939 (on the reverse); titled La rose d'Artémis and dated 1939 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
33 x 41 cm; 13 x 16⅛ in.
Executed in 1939.
Provenance:
Galerie Simon, Paris (no. ph. 10986)
Private collection, Paris
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 March 1984, lot 51
Patrice Trigano, Paris
Christie's, London, 4 February 2008, lot 175
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Literature:
Patrick Waldberg, "André Masson ou le monde dans un grain de sable", in XXe siècle, vol. 32, June 1969, illustrated
Guite Masson, Martin Masson and Catherine Loewer, André Masson, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1919-1941, Volume II, 1930-1941, Paris, 2010, no. 1939*19, p. 379, illustrated in colour (titled La rose d'Artémise)
