Untitled / André Masson

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Accession Number: 2012/2.175
Title: Untitled
Artist: André Masson
Artist Nationality: French
Artist Life Dates: 1896-1987
Medium and Support: pen and ink on laid paper
Credit Line: Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
Dimensions: 46.99 cm x 40.01 cm (18 1/2 in. x 15 3/4 in.)
Physical Description: This abstracted drawing in black ink contains a series of lines and shapes that evoke a sense of motion from the upper right to the lower left of the composition. Long parallel lines on a diagonal from the top right to bottom left reinforce this sense of movement. Swirling abstracted forms surround these lines and the composition is speckled with very fine splatterings of ink throughout.
Subject Matter: Abstract drawing with lines, swirling forms and ink splatterings.
Primary Keywords: abstract; ink; line drawings
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2398 x 2976
File Size: 955 KB
Record: 2012/2.175
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.175/2012_2_175.jpg

In public portfolios: Ink and realisms (392); Ink and realisms in the Americas and Europe (69); Spink research (24)

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Full citation: "Untitled; André Masson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.175/2012_2_175.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.