LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.95 in. (71.00 cm.) (height) by 36.22 in. (92.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed andré masson (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), André Masson, Retrospective exhibition, 1942. New York, Saidenberg Gallery, André Masson Retrospective Exhibition, 1961, no. 16 (as dating from 1942). New York, Blue Moon & Lerner-Heller Gallery, André Masson, 1972, no. 15. New York, Blue Moon & Lerner-Heller Gallery, André Masson: Second Surrealist Period, 1975, no. 16, illustrated in color in the catalogue. Salt Lake City, Art Center, The Open Door, 1981. St. Petersburg, Florida, Salvador Dalí Museum, André Masson: 1930s, 1999-2000, no. 47, illustrated in color in the catalogue (with incorrect dimensions). Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, André Masson (1896-1987), 2004, illustrated in color in the catalogue.

Literature:

André Breton, Le Surréalisme et la peinture, Paris, 1945 & 1965, illustrated p. 64. Jean-Paul Clébert, Mythologie d'André Masson, Geneva, 1971, no. 130, illustrated (incorrectly titled Hôtel des Aromates). Doris Ann Miller Birmingham, André Masson. The Artist's Achievement in Exile 1941 – 1945 (dissertation), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1978, no 8. illustrated p. 29 (titled The House of Automatons). Bernard Noël, André Masson, La chair du regard, Paris, 1993, illustrated in color p. 111. Camille Morando, Peinture, Dessin, Sculpture et Littérature Autour du Collège de Sociologie pendant l'entre-deux-Guerres (dissertation) Université Paris IV- La Sorbonne, Institut d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie, 2000, no 277, illustrated in color p. 1396.

Provenance:

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York. Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Saidenberg Gallery, New York. Stanley Mateus, New York. Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, New York (by at least 1961 and sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, January 13, 1965, lot 12). Daniel C. Mattis, New York. Sale: Christie's, New York, November 3, 1981, lot 54. Private Collection, Europe (sold: Christie's, London, June 30, 1999, lot 513). Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.