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Untitled, From "Anatomy of My Universe"

Artist André Masson (French, 1896-1987)
Author André Masson (French, 1896-1987)
Date1943
DimensionsSheet: 10 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (25.7 x 20.6 cm);
Image: 7 13/16 x 5 15/16 in. (19.7 x 15 cm)
MediumLithograph
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1979.95B
Not on View
Label TextFollowing the fall of France, André Masson fled to the United States in 1941. In the face of worries about the fate of Europe, he turned to nature: “I began to work in the way I ambitiously call chthonic, belonging to subterranean forces … I didn’t abandon Surrealism but I gave it a new meaning.” In this 1942 soft-ground etching, he incorporated the imprints of leaves and fabrics, cryptic symbols, partly-effaced writing, a labyrinthine form, and a humanoid figure - mysterious signs of nature, myth, and human consciousness.

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