Tu portes le poids de Narcisse (You Carry the Weight of Narcissus), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"

Skip to main content
Tu portes le poids de Narcisse (You Carry the Weight of Narcissus), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
Tu portes le poids de Narcisse (You Carry the Weight of Narcissus), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
Artist/Maker (French, 1896 - 1987)
Date1942
MediumLithograph after original pen and ink drawing
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (47 × 36.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Montfort Dunn
Object number1992.47.3
Not on view

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Mythology of Being a Poem. A Poem, Eight Pen and Ink Drawings and a Frontispiece.
Tu portes le poids de Narcisse
You Carry the Weight of Narcissus
Provenance 1992: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Montfort Dunn.
Signature Signed in stone at lower right: André Masson
Inscribed Inscribed in typeset on verso at center left [sideways]: III
Tu jaillis de ta gangue (You Burst From Your Vein Stone), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
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
Cet aigle solitaire c'est toi (The Lonely Eagle is You), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
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
Ton Être S'Angoissant (Your Being in Anguish), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
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
Prisonnier du Miroir (Prisoner of the Mirror), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
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
Quand le flêche d'existence (When the Arrow of Existence), from the portfolio "Mythologie de l'être (Mythology of Being)"
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)"
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)"
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
© Sang-ah Choi. Image courtesy of LMAK Gallery, New York. For educational purposes only.
Landscape #4
Sang-ah Choi
Date: 2017
Medium: Acrylic, sumi ink, ball point pen, felt-tipped pen, graphite, and watercolor on paper
Object number: 2019.6
© Sang-ah Choi. Image courtesy of the artist.
Open it open it open it...#3
Sang-ah Choi
Date: 2021
Medium: Acrylic, graphite, felt tip pen on paper
Object number: 2022.1
Anatomy of My Universe
Anatomy of My Universe
André Masson
Date: 1943
Medium: Bound volume with 34 reproductions of pen-and-ink drawings
Object number: 1992.46.1
Coop Zürich
Coop Zürich
Peter Fischli
Date: 1992
Medium: Artist's book, softcover with text and images (12 pp.)
Object number: 1998.10.10
Image Not Available for Pothi Box
Pothi Box
Dayanita Singh
Date: 2018
Medium: 30 image cards, teak wood enclosure, and inscribed napkin
Object number: 2019.8