About the Artwork
Turtle
1945
André Masson
1896-1987
French
Unknown
Brush and ink with charcoal on brown wove paper with fibrous inclusions
Sheet: 18 × 24 inches (45.7 × 61 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of John S. Newberry
59.64
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Markings
Signed, in black ink, lower left: André Masson
Inscribed, in pencil, upper left corner, verso: La tortue dans l'orage 195(?)5 Inscribed, in pencil, at upper edge, verso: show edge [crossed out] edge
Provenance
Buchholz Gallery (New York, New York, USA);John S. Newberry (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA);
1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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André Masson, Turtle, 1945, brush and ink with charcoal on brown wove paper with fibrous inclusions. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 59.64.
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