An example on display in the Main Library Gallery of one lithograph from the many that make up André Masson’s complete Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard.
André Masson
b. France, 1896-1987
Selections from Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard (1961)
Paris: Les Amateurs du Livre et de l’Estampe modernes
Lithograph, edition of 102 copies
From curator Rich Dana:
These are several very different takes on the visual aspects of “Un coup de dés.” This colorful interpretation by French Surrealist André Masson (a major influence on Jackson Pollock) maintains the presence of the actual text while adding bold gestural elements that evoke the beauty of the sea and the chaos of the shipwreck.