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André Masson
Glass and Columns1924-1925

Not on view
Vertical oil painting of an industrial dock scene with cranes, mechanical equipment, and a glimpse of blue water, rendered in muted browns and grays with fragmented, semi-Cubist planes
Artist or Maker
André Masson
France, 1896-1987, active United States
Title
Glass and Columns
Date Made
1924-1925
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
14 × 11 in. (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.77
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1896-1987), Paris. Paul Eluard (1895-1952), France; [Galerie Simon (Kahnweiler), Paris]; Private collection, New York; [Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin]; sold in 1985 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.
  • Masson, Guite, Martin Masson, and Catherine Lœwer. André Masson: catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1919-1941. Vaumarcus (Switzerland): ArtAcatos, 2010.
Copyright
© Estate of André Masson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York