The Hare (Le Lièvre)

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Object Details

Artist
André Masson, French, b. Balagny–sur–Thérain, 1896–1987
Date
(c. 1930)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 5/8 X 36 IN. (72.7 X 91.4 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Painting
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.3393

The Artist, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York, from 1936 (acquired directly from the Artist)
Galerie Lawrence, Paris, to 2 February 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 February 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. "Andre Masson," 31 October-22 November 1941, cat. no. 11 (lent by Paul Rosenberg, New York)
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART. "Contemporary Paintings," 11 July-13 August 1944, no cat. (Lent by Paul Rosenberg: according to the label in the back of painting).
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC (organizer). "Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," no. 2, ill. p. 15. Tour: JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 22 March-4 May 1986; FINE ARTS CENTER AT CHEEKWOOD, Nashville, 26 June-7 September; MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Alabama, 27 September-9 November; VASSAR COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Poughkeepsie, New York, 29 November-11 January 1987; SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 31 January-15 March; IBM GALLERY OF SCIENCE AND ART, New York City, 4 April-17 May.

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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