id: 139829 accession number: 1963.587 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.587 updated: 2020-11-04 20:58:35.398000 Don Quixote and the Chariot of Death, 1935. André Masson (French, 1896-1987). Oil on canvas; framed: 113.3 x 141.6 x 5.8 cm (44 5/8 x 55 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.); unframed: 98 x 124.5 cm (38 9/16 x 49 in.); former: 113.3 x 141.7 x 4.4 cm (44 5/8 x 55 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1963.587 © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris title: Don Quixote and the Chariot of Death title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1935 creation date earliest: 1935 creation date latest: 1935 current location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism creditline: Anonymous Gift copyright: © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris --- culture: France, 20th century technique: oil on canvas department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * André Masson (French, 1896-1987) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 113.3 x 141.6 x 5.8 cm (44 5/8 x 55 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.); Unframed: 98 x 124.5 cm (38 9/16 x 49 in.); Former: 113.3 x 141.7 x 4.4 cm (44 5/8 x 55 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: "André Masson" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1964) opening date: 1965-01-01T05:00:00 Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 1-31, 1965). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Anonymous Gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH date: 1964- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: A leading artist of the Surrealist movement, André Masson was strongly influenced by his close association with Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. This painting depicts an episode from the novel Don Quixote by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, in which the rash and delusional Don Quixote threatens to attack a troupe of traveling actors, who, having just performed a play, are still dressed in costumes representing Death, the Devil, and other characters. Anonymous Gift 1963.587 --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Allen, John Jay, and Patricia S. Finch. Don Quijote en el arte y pensamiento de occidente. Madrid, Spain: Cátedra, 2004. page number: Reproduced: p. 171 url: Masson, Guite, Martin Masson, and Catherine Loewer. André Masson: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1918-1941. Vaumarcus: ArtAcatos, 2010. page number: Reproduced: P. 223, no. 12 url: --- IMAGES