Untitled
(1920s-1930s)
Medium
graphite and red and light blue pencil on lined notebook paper
Measurements
17.7 × 21.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Diego Masson, 2014
© André Masson/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
André Masson was a French painter, printmaker, sculptor and stage-set designer. While Masson’s work played an important role in the development of both Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, his independence, iconoclasm and abrupt stylistic transitions make it difficult to classify his style. This drawing is a design for an abstract sculpture. Masson’s use of red pencil could be related to the choice of medium for the proposed sculpture, which he notes as terracotta in the top right corner of the sheet. As was characteristic of Surrealist art from this period, the drawing has decidedly erotic overtones – its rounded anthropomorphic shapes recall two intertwined figures.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
France
Accession Number
2014.94
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art
Subjects (specific)
curved curves (geometric figures) distortion geometric abstraction linear forms shading