André Masson (Balagny-sur-Therain, 1896 - Paris, 1987)
Le piège dans la prairie, 1939
Oil on canvas
Signed on the bottom right
38 x 46 cm

Provenance:
- Galerie Simon, Paris (label on the back, stock no.12741)
- Marcel Zerbib, Paris
- Timothy Baum, New York
- Former Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris (ex-libris on the back)

Exhibitions:
- Paris, Grand Palais, "La Femme et ses artistes", 5 April to 27 April 1986, described in the catalogue p. 236
- St Petersburg, Florida, "Andre Masson: the 1930s", 1 October 1999 - 16 January 2000, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 43 p. 107

Bibliography:
- G. Masson, M. Masson, C. Loewer "André Masson Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint 1919 - 1941", Ed. Artacatos, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 1939*16 p. 375
- C. V. Poling, "Andre Masson and the surrealist self", Yale University Press, New Haven and London, n 89, illustrated in the catalogue p. 125