Very Rare Original Masson Etching on vélin de Rives paper with deckled edges. Titled: Sirenes (Sirens). 1978. Plate Size: 34.5 x 49cm. Frame Size: 25 x 31in. A Very Large Etching at Size : 67x51cm. (Framed: 32 x 38 in). Numbered Limited Edition 89/120 and has exempliare Authentication which is numbered 89/120. Hand Signed and numbered by Masson in pencil with hand numbered justification page showing authentication. Sur les presses á bras de l'Atelier Crommelynck. Mint condition. Artwork comes with Gallery Prepared Documentation, which includes Authentication Certificate + Provenance + Catalogue Reference (c111) + numbered justified authentication, of which a copy is included.
As he sets sail, Odysseus passes Circe's counsel on to his men. They approach the island of the lovely Sirens, and Odysseus, as instructed by Circe, plugs his men's ears with beeswax and has them bind him to the mast of the ship.
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