Don Giovanni

Hand Signed : Pencil, Signed Lower Right, Title Written Middle, Edition Lower Left

Condition: Excellent

Framed with Glass

Purchased from : Gallery 1980

Provenance : Piece is part of Metropolitan Opera Suite I: 8 artists produced limited edition of 250.

Certificate of Authenticity : Circle Gallery

Andre Masson

Art Brokerage: Andre Masson French Artist: b. 1896-1987. The French painter and graphic artist André Masson was born in Balagny, a village on Ile de France. In 1904 Masson moved to Brussels where he attended the academy of fine arts. In 1912 André Masson went to Paris. There Masson was admitted to the Paul Baudoin studio at the 'Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts'. When the war broke out, Masson became a soldier. In 1917 he was severely injured and spent several months in an army hospital. In 1922 André Masson returned to Paris, where his art was influenced by André Derrain and Cubism. A little later he met the Surrealist artists and subsequently joined the movement in 1924. In 1925 the first surrealist exhibition took place in the Pierre gallery, including some of Masson's works. In protest against Breton's authoritarian claim to leadership Masson left the group five years later. In 1945 Masson returned to Paris. He broke with Surrealism once and for all. Masson's versatile oeuvre also includes illustrations of books and stage designs. In 1966 Masson produced a ceiling painting for the Parisian Théatre Odéon. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.