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Property from an Important Corporate Collection

André Masson

Nu bleu

Lot closes

February 26, 04:42 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Starting Bid

9,500 USD

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Description

Property from an Important Corporate Collection

André Masson

1896 - 1987


Nu bleu 

signed André Masson (lower left)

pastel and charcoal on paper 

23 ⅞ by 17 ⅞ in. 

60.6 by 45.4 cm. 

Executed in 1944.


The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Masson.

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Private Collection, France

Private Collection, Paris (acquired by descent from the above) 

Christie's, Paris, 30 March 2021, lot 43 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)

Christie’s, New York, 13 May 2023, lot 428 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Paris, Galerie Lahumière, André Masson: peintures, pastels, gravures 1924-1980,


1983, n.p., illustrated in color

Musée Lodève, France, 2002-09 (on extended loan)