Strollers (Les Promeneurs)

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Object Details

Artist
André Masson, French, b. Balagny–sur–Thérain, 1896–1987
Date
(1927)
Medium
Oil and sand on canvas
Dimensions
28 7/8 X 14 3/4 IN. (73.3 X 37.5 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Painting
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.3392

Galerie Simon/Louise Leiris, Paris, by 1940 (Artist's dealer)
Buchholz/Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, by 4 February 1947 until 1955 [from Galerie Louise Leiris]
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris from 1955 (returned from Valentin Gallery)
Galerie Lawrence, Paris, to 2 February 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 February 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
BUCHHOLZ GALLERY, New York. "Andre Masson," 4 February-1 March 1947, cat. no. 13.
EDGARDO ACOSTA GALLERY, Beverly Hills, California. "Andre Masson," 3-29 November 1959, no. 4. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 6 January-15 February 1959; SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART, 18 February-15 March 1959.
M. KNOEDLER & Co., New York. "Space and Dream," 5 December-29 December 1967.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Andre Masson," 2 June 1976-1 May 1977 (probably including Paris venue: Galeries nationales d'expositions du Grand Palais, 5 March-2 May 1977, ill. p. 121, p. 7).
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, Nebraska. "Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 22 March-4 May 1986 (did not tour?).
CENTRE GEORGE POMPIDOU, Paris, France. "La Revolution Surrealiste," 6 March-24 June 2002. TOUR: KUNSTSAMMLUNG NORDRHEIN-WESTFALLEN, Germany, 20 July-24 November 2002.
MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE REINA SOFIA, Madrid, Spain. "Andre Masson," 29 January - 19 April 2004, ill. p. 99.

LAWRENCE, MICHAEL G. Surrealism in perspective (Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979), p. 33.
RUBIN, WILLLIAM and CAROLYN LANCHNER. Andre Masson (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976), ill. p. 121, p. 122.
ADES, DAWN. Andre Masson (Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1994), ill. no. 32, p. 126.

Signature
Signed On Back UC In Oil: Andre Masson
Inscriptions
Inscribed On Strainer Crossbar In Ink: Les Promeneurs

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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