André Masson (1896-1987) — “Rencontre” — Original signed print, numbered 4/50 — France, 1975

A central figure of Surrealism, André Masson was one of the inventors of automatic painting — a liberty of gesture that would directly influence Pollock and American Abstract Expressionism. His graphic œuvre, poised between myth, metamorphosis and vital energy, is today held in the world’s most important collections.

“Rencontre” offers a striking illustration of this: against a grainy violet-grey ground, fluid white lines summon forth animal silhouettes, fragmented faces and archaic symbols in a whirling dance. Automatism in its purest state.

Original colour print, signed in pencil, numbered 4/50. Laid paper with embossed deckled edges.

Image: 29.5 × 20.5 cm — Sheet: 47.8 × 35 cm.

Framed under glass by a leading Parisian atelier.

Walnut frame: 52 × 39 × 3 cm