Signes (Signs), from "Anatomy of My Universe"

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Signes (Signs), from "Anatomy of My Universe"
Signes (Signs), from "Anatomy of My Universe"
Artist/Maker (French, 1896 - 1987)
Date1943
MediumSoft-ground etching
DimensionsComposition: 7 3/4 × 6 in. (19.7 × 15.2 cm) Plate: 7 3/4 × 6 in. (19.7 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Montfort Dunn
Object number1992.46.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis soft-ground etching accompanied the publication of the artist's book Anatomy of My Universe (see 1992.46.1).

Additional Details

Provenance 1992: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Montfort Dunn;
? - 1992: Montfort Dunn.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed "André Masson" at lower left in pencil; monogrammed "AM" in plate at lower right.
Inscribed Editioned "27/30" at lower right in pencil.
Anatomy of My Universe
André Masson
Date: 1943
Medium: Bound volume with 34 reproductions of pen-and-ink drawings
Object number: 1992.46.1
Gloria Garfinkel
Date: 1992
Medium: Soft-ground and hard-ground etching and aquatint
Object number: 1992.28
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Robert Motherwell
Date: 1981
Medium: Lift-ground etching and aquatint
Object number: 1992.2
Warriors
Stanley William Hayter
Date: 1953
Medium: Color engraving and soft-ground etching
Object number: 1984.149
Tarantelle
Stanley William Hayter
Date: 1943
Medium: Engraving and soft ground etching
Object number: 1989.20
L'Escoutay
Stanley William Hayter
Date: 1951
Medium: Color soft-ground etching and engraving
Object number: 1984.148
Dolores
Emil Ganso
Date: c. 1938
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1989.15
The White Sail
Zella de Milhau
Date: unknown
Medium: Soft-ground etching
Object number: 1991.145
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Gouache and gold over white ground on paper
Object number: 1986.26
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