André Masson
Massacre (L’enlèvement des Sabines), 1933
Pen and India ink on paper
15 3/4 x 21 5/8 in (40 x 55 cm)
© 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy of Zeit Contemporary Art, New York
Provenance
Pierre Berès, ParisChristie’s, Paris, Pierre Berès à livre ouvert, 13 December 2012, lot 412
Private collection, Europe
Exhibitions
Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Neolithic Childhood: Art in a False Present, c. 1930, 13 April–9 July 2018, curated by Anselm Franke and Tom Holert, part of HKW’s multi-year project Kanon-Fragen.
Oslo, Munch Museum, The Savage Eye, Munch Museum, February 12 - May 8, 2022 (illustrated on p. 256.
Metz, Centre Pompidou, André Masson. Il n'y a pas de monde achevé, March 29 - September 2, 2024
Literature
Michel Leiris, André Masson: Massacres et autres dessins, Paris, 1971, no. 21, illustrated.
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