Dark Forest 1937

André Masson's *Dark Forest* (1937) is a Surrealist work depicting a haunting figure, a butterfly, and a leaf. The figure is rendered in a simplified, almost child-like manner, with a black line outlining its form. Its yellow and green form suggests a human shape but its details are dreamlike and ambiguous. The painting evokes the subconscious world through its distorted figures and biomorphic forms, suggesting a nightmarish and mysterious atmosphere.