Meditation on an Oak Leaf

André Masson · 1942

You're looking at Meditation on an Oak Leaf — a painting by the French artist André Masson, nineteen forty-two. Tempera: pigment bound in egg, which dries within minutes and cannot be blended once down.

Medium Tempera, pastel and sand on canvas · Dimensions 40 x 33" (101.6 x 83.8 cm) · Credit Given anonymously

Hanging beside it in Gallery 522: Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea, Green Tea

More by André Masson here: Battle of Fishes