Untitled (Solidarite)
Artist: André Masson (French, 1896-1987)
Date: 1938
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 15/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.2 x 16 cm);
Image: 3 3/16 x 4 9/16 in. (8.1 x 11.6 cm)
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1979.19C
Label Text:André Masson had lived in Spain from 1934 through the beginning months of the Spanish Civil War. Like many Surrealists, he was virulently anti-Fascist and anti-Franco. In 1938, he contributed to this album to raise money for the orphans of the Spanish Civil War. His etching vividly captures the idea of civil war in this image of a dove blinding itself with its own claw. By appending a sharpened swastika to the attacking claw, Masson reminds us of the crucial support of Nazi Germany to Franco’s insurrection.
Not on view