Libation

1947

Andre Masson

French, 1896-1987

Oil on canvas

17 11/16 x 21 1/2 in. (44.9 x 54.6 cm)

Gift of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein

2014.26.18

Provenance: [The Mayor Gallery, London]; [Blue Moon Gallery and Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, New York]; [Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California]; private collection, Beverly Hills, California; [Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California, 1996]; purchased from gallery by Gladys (1921-2014) and Sam Rubinstein (1917-2007), Seattle, Washington, Nov. 27, 1996; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2014

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in Europe: Featuring Selections from the Collection of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein, Nov. 5, 2004 - Apr. 17, 2005.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Paintings and Drawings of the European Avant-Garde: The Rubinstein Bequest, Apr. 23, 2014 - May 16, 2021 [on view Nov. 26, 2014 - July 28, 2015; May 4, 2016 - May 16, 2021].

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Abstract Visions, Aug. 6, 2021 - June 5, 2022.

Published ReferencesAndre Masson. New York: Blue Moon Gallery and Lerner-Heller Gallery, no. 32, illus. p. 33.

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