Anatomy of My Universe

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Anatomy of My Universe
Anatomy of My Universe
Artist/Maker (French, 1896 - 1987)
Date1943
MediumBound volume with 34 reproductions of pen-and-ink drawings
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 10 × 5/8 in. (33 × 25.4 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Montfort Dunn
Object number1992.46.1
Not on view
DescriptionSee 1992.46.2 for print that accompanied the volume.

Additional Details

Provenance 1992: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Montfort Dunn;
? - 1992: Montfort Dunn.
Markings Sticker: bookstore sticker on inside of back cover.
Signature Signed "André Masson" on colophon at lower center in blue ink.
Inscribed Editioned "This copy is number / XXVII" on colophon at center in typeset and blue ink.
Quand le flêche d'existence (When the Arrow of Existence), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawings
Object number: 1992.47.8
Dans le pur néant (In the Pure Void), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawing
Object number: 1992.47.1
Surgit la naissance (Up Surges Birth), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawing
Object number: 1992.47.2
Tu portes le poids de Narcisse (You Carry the Weight of Narcissus), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawing
Object number: 1992.47.3
Prisonnier du Miroir (Prisoner of the Mirror), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawing
Object number: 1992.47.4
Ton Être S'Angoissant (Your Being in Anguish), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawing
Object number: 1992.47.5
Cet aigle solitaire c'est toi (The Lonely Eagle is You), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawing
Object number: 1992.47.6
Tu jaillis de ta gangue (You Burst From Your Vein Stone), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
André Masson
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph after original pen and ink drawing
Object number: 1992.47.7
© Sang-ah Choi. Image courtesy of LMAK Gallery, New York. For educational purposes only.
Sang-ah Choi
Date: 2017
Medium: Acrylic, sumi ink, ball point pen, felt-tipped pen, graphite, and watercolor on paper
Object number: 2019.6
Signes (Signs), from "Anatomy of My Universe"
André Masson
Date: 1943
Medium: Soft-ground etching
Object number: 1992.46.2
© Sang-ah Choi. Image courtesy of the artist.
Sang-ah Choi
Date: 2021
Medium: Acrylic, graphite, felt tip pen on paper
Object number: 2022.1
Shakespear's Pound: Illuminated Cantos
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1999
Medium: Printed book
Object number: 2002.31