Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Paper size: 12.6 x 10.039 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Poêmes insoumis, 1963. Published by Marc Barbezat, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, March, 1963. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), Poêmes insoumis by Léna Leclercq. Eight original lithographies by André Masson shot by Mourlot; Imprimées a Lyon on the Audin presses in March M. CM LXIII in the layout of Marc Barbezat. 25 examples on Japon nacre with two lithographies refused from the following of the eight lithographies, including 22 numbers from I to xxii and 3 author's brands in A, B, C; 10 examples on Japon nacre without follow-up or refused HC brands; 130 examples on Rives B.F.K. Including 120 numbered from 23 to 142 and 10 author brands, signed by the painter and the author for l'Arbalete by Marc Barbezat, a Decines Isere on the colophons. 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.