Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 14 x 10.875 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par André Masson, 1973. Published by Au Pont des Arts, Paris, and Galerie L. Weill, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, under the direction of Pierre-André Weil, Paris, October 15, 1973. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), The original edition of Patrick Waldberg's text, Une Étoile de Craie, illustrated by André Masson, of sixteen original lithographies, was printed on vélin d'Arches with 101 examples, numbered I to 101, plus 21 examples reserved for collaborators, numbered H.C. I to H.C. XXI. Each example is accompanied by a suite apart from the lithographies drawn on Japon paper, signed and numbered I to 101 and I to XXI. In addition, 52 examples were drawn without follow-up: 26 justifications, A to Z, and 26 justifications, H.C. A to H.C. Z, reserved for employees. The examples are all signed by the author and the artist on the colophon. The typography in Baskerville Corps 18 is from L'Imprimerie Union in Paris, Louis Barnier being director. The boards were shot by Mourlot. Completed printing under the direction of Pierre-André Weill on October 15, 1973. ANDRE MASSON (1896-1987) was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured. Masson shared a Paris studio with Joan Miró and was in the milieu of Picasso.