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AdmittedAndré 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
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Catalogue record: MoMA Collection Notes written for momap — not MoMA curatorial text.