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This exquisite lithograph by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1962 album Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, essais philosophiques, Le mythe de Sisyphe, L'homme revolte, Discours de Suede, lithographies originales de Andre Masson (Albert Camus, complete works, philosophical essays, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, Swedish Discourse, original lithographs by Andre Masson). Published by Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, under the direction of Andre Sauret, editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, April 26, 1962, the composition reflects Massons distinctively fluid, gestural, and psychological visual language, rooted in automatism and the exploration of the subconscious.
Executed as a lithograph on velin d'Arches filigrane paper, this work measures 11 x 17 inches, with centerfold as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. Printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, one of the foremost fine art lithographic ateliers of the twentieth century.
Artwork Details:
Artist: Andre Masson (1896–1987)
Title: Sans titre (Untitled), from Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, essais philosophiques, Le mythe de Sisyphe, L'homme revolte, Discours de Suede, lithographies originales de Andre Masson (Albert Camus, complete works, philosophical essays, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, Swedish Discourse, original lithographs by Andre Masson), 1962
Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches filigrane paper
Dimensions: 11 x 17 inches, with centerfold as issued
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1962
Publisher: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris; under the direction of Andre Sauret, editeur, Paris
Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the 1962 album Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, essais philosophiques, Le mythe de Sisyphe, L'homme revolte, Discours de Suede, lithographies originales de Andre Masson (Albert Camus, complete works, philosophical essays, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, Swedish Discourse, original lithographs by Andre Masson), published by Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
Notes:
Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This album illustrated by Andre Masson is the third volume of the edition of the complete works of Albert Camus, directed by Andre Sauret. It was composed by hand with a new font of Romain du Roi de corps 14 engraved by Grandjean in 1699 on the order of Louis XIV. The draw was completed on April 26, 1962 on the presses of l'Imprimerie Nationale, Daniel Gibelin being director and Georges Arnoult inspector of typography. The original lithographies were drawn on the presses of Mourlot Freres. Justification for the draw, CC examples on velin d'Arches filigrane, "Albert Camus" numbered to the press from I to CC. Each of the six volumes includes, printed on Japon Nacre, a series of illustrations and an additional original lithography numbered and signed by the artist. MMMMDCCC examples on velin d'Arches filigrane, "Albert Camus" numbered to the press from CCI to VMMM, and some non commerce examples reserved for publishing artisans. Compositions destroyed and stones erased after drawing.
About the Publication:
Albert Camus, oeuvres completes, essais philosophiques, Le mythe de Sisyphe, L'homme revolte, Discours de Suede, lithographies originales de Andre Masson (Albert Camus, complete works, philosophical essays, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, Swedish Discourse, original lithographs by Andre Masson) stands as one of the most ambitious fine art literary print projects of the postwar French publishing tradition, uniting the philosophical writings of Nobel Prize laureate Albert Camus with original lithographic interpretations by Andre Masson, produced under the direction of master publisher Andre Sauret. Conceived within the long lineage of deluxe French livre d'artiste production, the album was executed with extraordinary typographic, material, and artistic rigor. Printed by the historic Imprimerie Nationale, custodian of the Romain du Roi typeface commissioned by Louis XIV, the edition embodies centuries of French typographic heritage alongside the modernity of Massons expressive visual language. Mourlot Freres, the premier lithographic atelier of mid century Paris, produced the original lithographs, ensuring the highest fidelity to the artists hand. The project forms the third volume of Camuss collected works in Saurets prestigious series, each volume integrating original prints, Japon Nacre inserts, and a rigorous justification of the edition. Its production represents a rare collaboration between one of Frances greatest philosophical voices and one of its most innovative modern artists. The album remains an important example of postwar intellectual artistic synthesis, reflecting the cultural vitality of mid century France and the continued evolution of the livre d'artiste as a vehicle for both literary and visual innovation.
About the Artist:
Andre Masson (1896–1987) was a French painter, draughtsman, and printmaker whose revolutionary exploration of automatism, abstraction, and the subconscious made him one of the most influential figures in twentieth century modernism. Born in Balagny sur Therain and trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Masson combined classical discipline with a fiercely experimental spirit. As a leading member of the Surrealist movement founded by Andre Breton, he pioneered automatic drawing, an intuitive, instinctive method that sought to bypass conscious control and reveal the inner landscape of the mind. His work placed him in close dialogue with artistic visionaries such as Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, whose shared commitment to radical reinvention shaped the course of modern art. Massons fluid lines, organic forms, and symbolic energy forged a bridge between dream and reality, chaos and order, profoundly influencing later Abstract Expressionists including Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, and Willem de Kooning. Exiled to the United States during World War II, he became a pivotal link between European Surrealism and the emerging New York School. His later paintings evolved into lyrical abstraction, blending mythic imagery, natural rhythms, and cosmic harmony. Masson exhibited internationally throughout his long career, and his works are held in major museums including the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate, and the Centre Pompidou. His highest auction record was achieved by Massacre (1931), which sold for 9.1 million USD at Christies Paris on October 20, 2022, cementing his legacy as one of the most visionary and influential artists of the modern era.
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- Creator:André Masson (1896-1987, French)
- Creation Year:1962
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Southampton, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1465217508752
André Masson
Born in 1896 in Balagny-sur- Thérain, a small village in France, André Masson spent most of his youth in Brussels, Belgium working as a pattern maker at an embroidery atelier. Masson began his schooling in 1907 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1912, he relocated to Paris, where he attended the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1914, the artist was called to military duty for the First World War, where he was severely wounded and sent back to Paris. Much of Masson’s work is influenced by this trauma; his drawings and paintings executed during the 1920s represent battle scenes, blood, death, birds and fish. The strange realities of trench warfare and the immediate contiguity of life and death are drawn upon, and his imagery suggests a confrontation of life at an abnormal level of experience. His signature style deals with violence, evident in terrifying, fragmented figures, which reflect the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and WWII, as well as his troubled psyche in the aftermath of his service in WWI.
After WWI, Masson moved to the South of France, where he met Juan Gris, André Derain, Joan Miró and André Breton. Breton championed the Surrealist Manifesto and Masson joined in the group exhibition of the first Surrealists. An iconoclast, whose abrupt stylistic transitions defy classification, Masson also explored automatism (automatic drawing), a process that sought to express the creative force of the unconscious. These automatic drawings had no preconceived subject or composition. Like a medium channeling a spirit, Masson let his pen travel rapidly across the paper without conscious control. He soon found hints of images, fragmented bodies and objects, emerging from the abstract, lacelike web of pen marks. At times, Masson elaborated on these with conscious changes or additions, but he left the traces of the rapidly drawn ink mostly intact. Masson’s oeuvre explores several techniques of painting, drawing and sculpture and displays rich, colorful abstraction as well as monochrome imagery and automatic linear representations. An early Surrealist and student of Cubism, Masson went on to inspire the New York Abstract Expressionists. Masson developed a technique of automatic painting that retained the element of chance; he dripped glue onto paper to form drawings and then covered it with sand. These ‘sand paintings’ are unquestionably his most iconic style.
When Masson emigrated to the U.S. in 1939, he strongly influenced several American painters with this technique, the most evident example being Jackson Pollack. After his time in America, he returned to Europe and while living in Spain during the mid-1930s, he became enraptured with Spanish themes—bullfights, matadors and Spanish mythology. Masson finally settled down in France (Aix-en-Provence), where he took up a late interest in impressionistic landscape, but he ultimately came to a place where he painted nearly exclusively abstract images. Masson dedicated his life as an artist to encouraging the non-rational purpose in art, to the direct transference of subconscious thought and to the primal forces of conflicts that he experienced in the trenches of World War One. Masson sought to convey in his work a deeper reality of man’s behavior, his own complex personal imagery, and his belief that painting is not a matter of developing style but a part of life itself.
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Title: Personnages III (Figures III), from the album Miro, Cartones 1959–1965 (Miro, Cardboards 1959–1965), 1965
Medium: Lithograph and pochoir on velin d'Arches paper
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