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Minotaur

A work made of pastel and charcoal with stumping on blue-gray laid paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of pastel and charcoal with stumping on blue-gray laid paper.

Date:

1942

Artist:

André Masson
French, 1896-1987

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

André Masson

Title

Minotaur

Place

France (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1942

Medium

Pastel and charcoal with stumping on blue-gray laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, in graphite: "André Masson"; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "Minotaure/1942"

Dimensions

63.9 × 48.3 cm (25 3/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1992.249

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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