Andre Masson - The Moon La Lune

The Moon (La Lune)

Andre Masson's original lithograph, The Moon (La Lune) hails from one of the first sets of original lithographs commissioned by the French publisher, Verve. This impression is printed upon thick, wove paper and with full margins and signed by Masson in the stone to the lower left as published in Paris for Verve in 1938. It is a fine, original example of the lithographic and Surrealist art created by the French artist, Andre Masson.

Verve
#	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Date	Medium	-
01.-	1. Flemish Interior (Interieur Flamand) 2. Nude (Nu) by Marcel Gromaire	Marcel Gromaire (Noyelles-sur-Sambre, 1892 - Paris, 1971)	1952	Original Lithograph
02.-	1. Frontispiece 2. Still Life by Georges Braque	Georges Braque (Argenteuil, 1881 - Paris, 1964)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
03.-	1. The Tree (L'Arbre) 2. The Street (La Rue) by Alberto Giacometti	Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland, 1901 - Paris, 1966)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
04.-	Daphne by Henri Laurens	Henri Laurens (Paris, 1885 - 1954)	1952	Original Lithograph
05.-	Figures Floating Above Paris by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
06.-	La Femme En Bleu (The Woman In Blue) by Francisco Bores	Francisco Bores (Madrid, 1898 - Paris, 1972)	1952	Original Lithograph
07.-	Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
08.-	The Dog Barking at the Moon Awakens the Cock, ... by Joan Miro	Joan Miro (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
09.-	The Moon (La Lune) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1938	Original Lithograph	Sold
10.-	The Outing (La partie de Campagne) by Fernand Leger	Fernand Leger (Argentan, 1881 - Seine-et-Oise, 1955)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
11.-	The Sun (Le Soleil) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1938	Original Lithograph	Sold
12.-	The Torrent (Le Torrent) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1952	Original Lithograph
13.-	Visions of Paris by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold

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Title:	The Moon (La Lune)
Artist:	Masson, Andre (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)
Date:	1938
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Verve, Paris
Note:	Andre Masson: Together with Joan Miro and Max Ernst, Andre Masson is recognized as one of the leading Surrealist artists of the twentieth century. Apart from brief and uninspired classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in both Brussels and Paris, Andre Masson was largely self-taught. His career was momentarily halted by the outbreak of World War One in which he served as a soldier and was wounded. During his convalescence, however, he met and became good friends with the painter, Chaim Soutine. After the war, Andre Masson moved to Paris and was influenced first by Matisse and the Fauves and then by Braque and the Cubists. Yet, as early as 1920, Andre Masson was turning more and more to the both visionary and irrational elements of contemporary art, known as Surrealism. And, although he never associated himself directly with the Surrealist movement, Andre Masson became friends with such leaders as Miro and Aragon. As well, the most influential of Surrealist writers, Andre Breton, championed Masson's art.
	Andre Masson's first lithographs were created in 1925 for the book, Simulacre. From that point on lithography played a major role in Andre Masson's art, both in individually commissioned works (such as this original example) and in his fine, illustrated books.
	For Andre Masson color lithography was a perfect vehicle for his artistic expression. As The Moon (La Lune) clearly shows, color and form envisioned through movement and spontaneity were among Andre Masson's most gifted talents. This early Masson lithograph is a major work of Surrealist art.
	Escaping the Nazi occupation of the Second World War, Masson lived in New York from 1941 to 1945. There he proved a major influence upon many young American artists, such as Jackson Pollack, and also played a role in establishing Stanley Hayter's famous Atelier 17. Andre Masson returned to Paris at the end of the war but his ties to contemporary American art remained strong and during the final thirty years of his life he received many important commissions from both France and the United States.
	The Moon (La Lune) was commissioned by the Paris publisher, Verve, in 1938 for one of their first volumes, Volume I No 2. Andre Masson also contributed an original companion lithograph for this edition entitled, The Sun.
	From 1937 to 1960 Verve was a leader for promoting modern movements in art. Printed and published in Paris, this periodical contained major articles on and by leading contemporary artists. More importantly, each issue contained at least one original print created specifically for the publication. During its publishing history such famous artists as Miro, Matisse, Masson, Klee, Leger, Maillol and many others all contributed original works of graphic art. Original works of art printed by Verve never appeared in pencil signed and limited editions, but most were published in numbers of two thousand five hundred or less.
Size:	14 X 10 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon thick, wove paper and with full margins as published in Paris for Verve in 1938. Signed by the artist in the stone to the lower left. A finely printed full color impression and in very good condition throughout. The Moon (La Lune) represents a prime, original example of the influential art of Andre Masson.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)
#	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Notes	-
01.-	The Moon (La Lune) by Andre Masson	1938	Original Lithograph	Signed in the stone by Andre Masson in the lower left of the image.	Sold
02.-	The Sun (Le Soleil) by Andre Masson	1938	Original Lithograph	Signed in the stone by Andre Masson in the lower left of the image.	Sold
03.-	The Torrent (Le Torrent) by Andre Masson	1952	Original Lithograph	Signed in the stone by Andre Masson in the lower right of the image. An original black and white lithographic landscape is also printed on the verso of this original colour lithograph.