MASSON (André). - Lot 157

MASSON (André). Born in Balagny-sur-Thérain. 1896-1987. Painter, ceramist, theater designer. Joined the Surrealist movement in the 1920s. L.A.S. "A. Masson" to "Mon cher ami" (philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty). S.l.n.d. [May 5, 1957]. Stamped envelope enclosed. ...The day before yesterday it seems to me that I was quite confused when I spoke to you about irony and the distance it produced between the artist and his work... I now remember an aphorism I once tried out: When play mingles with knowledge, plenitude is acquired... That's not quite the question, but it directs it a little. In other words: the greatest of Wise Men is also a child... But now it's getting darker!...