WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›André Masson

André Masson

André Masson

French, 1896

WA-00028384

PrintmakingSurrealismCubismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

71

Institutional Exhibitions

372

Works in Collection

684

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ312529 ULAN500030295

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

View all exhibitions →

No image

Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

No image

Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

No image

European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

No image

Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

No image

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

No image

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

No image

Words and Pictures

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

No image

Around Picasso

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

No image

Gifts of Drawing

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Artists and Writers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/andre-masson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/andre-masson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3821
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for André Masson yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (372)

Selections from the Sonnets

1977 · Illustrated book with one supplementary drypoint and photolithographic reproductions after three brush and ink drawings

page 14 1/4 x 11 1/4" (36.2 x 28.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Je Reve

1975 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

66.5 × 50.4 cm (26 3/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate (folio 4 verso) from POEMS

plate 4 1/2 x 3 3/4" (11.4 x 9.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1974 · Illustrated book with two etching and aquatints

page 12 3/4 x 8 7/8" (32 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 7 verso) from POEMS

plate 9 9/16 x 3 3/4" (24.3 x 9.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

For Meyer Schapiro

1973 · Portfolio of four lithographs (one with embossing), three screenprints (one with stamp additions), two lithograph and screenprints (one with embossing), two etching and aquatints, and one duplicated drawing

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (see child records): dimensions vary

Museum of Modern Art

Ariadne's Clew (Le Fil d'Ariane) from For Meyer Schapiro

Ariadne's Clew (Le Fil d'Ariane) from For Meyer Schapiro

1973 · Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of four lithographs (one with embossing), three screenprints (one with stamp additions), two lithograph and screenprints (one with embossing), two etching and aquatints, and one duplicated drawing

plate: 11 5/8 x 8 3/8" (29.5 x 21.3 cm); sheet: 18 x 13 3/16" (45.7 x 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1973 · Aquatint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

plate: 23 7/16 x 17 7/8" (59.6 x 45.4cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 1/2" (75 x 57.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bacchanale

1968 · Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

49.7 × 38.3 cm (19 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from Body and Heart

Untitled, from Body and Heart

1968 · Etching in black on white wove paper

Plate: 29.5 × 24 cm (11 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from Body and Heart

Untitled, from Body and Heart

1968 · Etching in black on white wove paper

Plate: 29.7 × 24 cm (11 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.4 cm (15 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from Body and Heart

Untitled, from Body and Heart

1968 · Etching in black on white wove paper

Plate: 29.9 × 23.8 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.4 cm (15 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from Body and Heart

Untitled, from Body and Heart

1968 · Etching in black on white wove paper

Plate: 29.5 × 24 cm (11 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate (folio 32) from Hommage à Roger Lacourière

Plate (folio 32) from Hommage à Roger Lacourière

1968 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (two with aquatint, two with drypoint, one with aquatint and drypoint) and one drypoint

plate: 6 5/8 × 9" (16.9 × 22.8 cm); page: 9 1/4 × 11 7/16" (23.5 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aeneas and His Children (Anéas et ses enfants) from Flight

Aeneas and His Children (Anéas et ses enfants) from Flight

1966 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and one screenprint

composition (irreg.): 20 11/16 × 18 11/16" (52.6 × 47.5 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 13/16" (64.9 × 50.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

View all 372 artworks →

Artwork sources (4)

372 published of 680 catalogued · 245 with image

MoMA
309 publishedof 617 catalogued185 img
Art Institute Chicago
49 published49 img
Tate
11 published11 img
The Met
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Ibdes in Aragon
1935 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Riez
1953 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Star, Winged Being, Fish
1955 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Red Lands and the Montagne Sainte Victoire
1948 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Childbirth
1955 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

André Masson (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Exquisite Corpse (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Exquisite Corpse (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

10

Movements3

Surrealism Cubism Abstract Art

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate Christie's Heritage Auctions

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

3 lots · 2025–2026

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Feb 2026	$900 – $1,200	Unsold
Untitled	Heritage Auctions	Feb 2026	$2,000 – $3,000	Unsold
Untitled	Heritage Auctions	Oct 2025	$300 – $500	Unsold
Untitled	Heritage Auctions	Sep 2025	$500 – $700	Unsold