Artworks · André Masson

Dream of a Future Desert

1942 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 47.9 × 62.5 cm (18 7/8 × 24 5/8 in.); Sheet: 64 × 76.5 cm (25 1/4 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

La Belle Italienne

1942 · Pastel with stumping, on white laid paper, mounted to canvas

64.3 × 48.2 cm (25 3/8 × 19 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Minotaur

1942 · Pastel and charcoal with stumping on blue-gray laid paper

63.9 × 48.3 cm (25 3/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Invention of the Labyrinth

1942 · Ink on colored paper

23 1/8 x 18 1/4" (58.7 x 46.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Meditation on an Oak Leaf

1942 · Tempera, pastel and sand on canvas

40 x 33" (101.6 x 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Little Genius of Wheat (Petit génie du blé)

1942 · Etching and drypoint

plate: 13 7/8 x 9 3/4" (35.3 x 24.7 cm); sheet: 18 7/8 x 13 13/16" (48 x 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Baudelaire

1942 · Etching and drypoint

plate: 3 1/16 x 2 1/8" (7.7 x 5.4 cm); sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 5/16" (13 x 11 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Genius of the Species (Le génie de l'espèce)

1942 · Drypoint and engraving

plate: 14 7/16 x 10 3/4" (36.7 x 27.3 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 1/16" (53 x 38.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sand Crab (Le crabe de terre)

1942 · Etching, engraving, and drypoint

plate: 11 13/16 x 8 13/16" (30 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 5/8" (38 x 32.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Emblem (Emblème)

1942 · Etching, drypoint and aquatint

Plate 9 7/16 x 8 13/16" (24.0 x 22.4 cm) Sheet 18 1/4 x 14 3/8" (46.5 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Praying Mantis

1942 · Ink on paper

13 3/4 x 23" (34.9 x 58.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fruits of the Abyss (Les Fruits de l'abîme) from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Etching from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

plate: 11 7/8 x 7 15/16" (30.1 x 20.2cm); sheet: 16 15/16 x 12" (43 x 30.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Caribbean Landscape

1941 · Ink on paper

20 5/8 x 26 1/8" (52.1 x 66.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Falstaff

1940 · Black Conté crayon on cream laid paper

63 × 47.7 cm (24 13/16 × 18 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Prisoner of the Mirror: Transfiguring Your Death

1939 · Ink on paper

18 7/8 x 24 3/4" (47.9 x 62.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spain Assassinated (Plate 4) from Solidarité (Solidarity)

1938 · Etching from an illustrated book with four etchings (one with aquatint and engraving) and three engravings (one with drypoint)

plate: 3 1/8 × 4 5/16" (7.9 × 10.9 cm); sheet: 6 7/16 × 8 7/8" (16.4 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ibdes in Aragon

1935 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 600 x 924 mm frame: 743 x 1660 x 54 mm

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Montserrat

1934 · Graphite and chalk on paper

support: 468 x 633 mm

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Orpheus (Orphée)

1933 · Etching and drypoint

plate: 11 5/8 x 9 3/16" (29.6 x 23.3 cm); sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 13/16" (41.9 x 32.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drama (Massacre) (Drame [Massacre])

1933 · Drypoint

plate: 11 11/16 x 9 5/16" (29.7 x 23.6 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 15 15/16" (50 x 40.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ballet Russes de Monte-Carlo

1933 · Lithograph

45 3/4 x 29 3/4"

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Plate (folio 5) from L'Anus solaire

1931 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with three drypoints

plate: 5 3/8 × 5 5/16" (13.6 × 13.5 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2" (24 × 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 7) from L'Anus solaire

1931 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with three drypoints

plate: 5 3/8 × 4 5/16" (13.6 × 10.9 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2" (24 × 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L'Anus solaire

1931 · Illustrated book with three drypoints

page (each approx.): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2" (24 × 19.1 cm); overall (closed): 9 7/16 × 7 5/8 × 3/16" (24 × 19.4 × 0.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from L'Anus solaire

1931 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with three drypoints

plate: 5 3/8 × 4 5/16" (13.6 × 10.9 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2" (24 × 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exquisite Corpse

1927 · Graphite and colored crayons on ivory wove paper

20 × 15.5 cm (7 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Two Death's Heads)

1927 · Oil and sand on canvas

14.3 × 24.1 cm (5 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Battle of the Fishes

1927 · Chalk, charcoal, conté crayon, and oil on paper

18 7/8 x 23 3/4" (48 x 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1926 · Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, torn and pasted paper on cream wove paper

62.5 × 50.5 cm (24 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

C'est Les Bottes de 7 Lieues: Cette Phrase "Je me vois"

1926 · Illustrated book with four etchings printed on laid Arches paper

32.8 × 24.5 × 0.8 cm (12 15/16 × 9 11/16 × 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Battle of Fishes

1926 · Sand, gesso, oil, pencil, and charcoal on canvas

14 1/4 x 28 3/4" (36.2 x 73 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figure

1926 · Oil and sand on canvas

18 1/8 x 10 1/2" (46.1 x 26.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from C'est les bottes de 7 lieues: Cette phrase "Je me vois",

1926 · Etching from an illustrated book with four etchings

plate: 9 5/8 x 5 3/4" (24.4 x 14.6 cm); page: 12 5/8 x 9 7/16" (32 x 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Robert Desnos (frontispiece) from C'est les bottes de 7 lieues: Cette phrase "Je me vois"

1926 · Etching from an illustrated book with four etchings

plate: 9 1/8 x 5 7/8" (23.2 x 15 cm); page: 12 5/8 x 9 7/16" (32 x 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1925 · Collage composed of feathers and cotton, with quill pen and brown ink, and brush and white gouache on tan wove paper

25 × 20.7 cm (9 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Helmet's Dream

1925 · Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

30.8 × 25.3 cm (12 3/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Furious Suns

1925 · Ink on paper

16 5/8 x 12 1/2" (42.2 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Birth of Birds

1925 · Ink on paper

16 1/2 x 12 3/8" (41.9 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fig (La Figue)

1924 · Oil on canvas

63.5 × 48.3 cm (25 × 19 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Soleils Bas

1924 · Book illustrated with four drypoint prints (including cover) on laid Arches paper

25.2 × 19.8 × 0.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 × 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Automatic Drawing

1924 · Ink on paper

9 1/4 x 8 1/8" (23.5 x 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Soleils bas

1924 · Illustrated book with four drypoints (including cover)

page (irreg., each approx.): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2" (24 × 19 cm); overall (closed): 9 13/16 × 7 11/16 × 1/4" (25 × 19.6 × 0.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 6) from Soleils bas

1924 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with four drypoints

plate: 5 7/16 × 4 5/8" (13.8 × 11.8 cm); page (irreg.): 9 11/16 × 7 5/16" (24.6 × 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from Soleils bas

1924 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with four drypoints

plate: 3 1/8 × 2 5/16" (8 × 5.8 cm); page (irreg.): 9 1/2 × 7 7/16" (24.2 × 18.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 8) from Soleils bas

1924 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with four drypoints

plate: 6 3/16 × 4 11/16" (15.7 × 11.9 cm); page (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 7 5/8" (24 × 19.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Guitar and Profile

1923 · Pastel on paper

support: 634 x 434 mm frame: 755 x 550 x 34 mm

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Card Trick

1923 · Oil on canvas

28 3/4 x 19 3/4" (73 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pedestal Table in the Studio

1922 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 500 x 604 x 20 mm

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