André Masson (1896-1987)
Lot 110 THE ARROGANT EYE: WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LARRY SAPHIRE

André Masson (1896-1987)

Le Philosophe

Closed14 May 2019

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André Masson (1896-1987)
Le Philosophe
signed and dated 'Andre Masson 1940' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
20 1/8 x 14 ¾ in. (51 x 37.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1940

Kleeman Galleries, New York.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 17 May 1950, lot 113.
Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, by 1975.

Specialist note

The Comité André Masson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

This work is likely a portrait of the noted philosopher, Paul-Louis Landsberg, a few years before his untimely death in April 1944. Landsberg studied under Heidegger and became a professor of philosophy at the University of Bonn. His wife, Madeleine, also contributed texts to André Masson, published in 1940 by Robert Desnos and Armand Salacrou.