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Homme et Femme [Terre Érotique]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/28827206-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/c8d49cc7-5091-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "69Andre Masson (1896-1987)
Homme et Femme [Terre Érotique]")
Lot 69
Andre Masson (1896-1987)
Homme et Femme [Terre Érotique]
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Andre Masson (1896-1987)
Homme et Femme [Terre Érotique]
Pen and black ink on wove paper, inscribed 'Commentaire d'un dessin de Blake - 1906/ Homme et [?] Femme/ [?] Paris 9.7.06', sheet approx. 165 x 225 mm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in), some scattered browning and surface dirt (framed)
⁂ An original drawing relating to Masson's suite of erotic visions, Terre Érotique; according to the inscription, the present work was produced from a childhood memory that the artist had of a Parisian exhibition of the works of William Blake. In 1948 an exhibition of Masson's drawings for Terre Érotique, organised by George Bataille at Galerie du Chene, Place Vendome, was closed by police. [Rubin, William, and Carolyn Lancher, Andre Masson, MOMA New York, 1976, p. 219]
Description
Andre Masson (1896-1987)
Homme et Femme [Terre Érotique]
Pen and black ink on wove paper, inscribed 'Commentaire d'un dessin de Blake - 1906/ Homme et [?] Femme/ [?] Paris 9.7.06', sheet approx. 165 x 225 mm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in), some scattered browning and surface dirt (framed)
⁂ An original drawing relating to Masson's suite of erotic visions, Terre Érotique; according to the inscription, the present work was produced from a childhood memory that the artist had of a Parisian exhibition of the works of William Blake. In 1948 an exhibition of Masson's drawings for Terre Érotique, organised by George Bataille at Galerie du Chene, Place Vendome, was closed by police. [Rubin, William, and Carolyn Lancher, Andre Masson, MOMA New York, 1976, p. 219]
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