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Lines Take Shape
Lines Take Shape

Lines Take Shape

Artist (1904 - 1971)
Date1942
MediumOil on board
Dimensions22 in. × 28 in. × 3/4 in. (55.9 × 71.1 × 1.9 cm)
Framed: 28 3/8 in. × 34 3/8 in. × 2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedl.r., in blue paint: Alice / Trumbull / Mason
On View
Not on view
Inscribedverso, u.l., in pencil: Alice T. Mason / 33H W 85 St, NYC 24 / Lines Take Shape. Oil. 1942. / $200.00
verso, u.r., in black ink: Cleaned, 1973 / (matte surface) / "Soluvar" ^ varnish (removable with turpentine) / applied 1973
verso, u.l., in pencil: #1 / Alice Trumbull Mason / 334 W. 85 St N.Y.C. / oil [illegible] 1942 [illegible] / $190.00 [the whole inscription is crossed out, making parts illegible]
verso, u.l., in black chalk: Box 9
verso, c.r., on frame, in black ink: MAP[?] [illegibile] Row
Markingsverso, u.l., in black: Lines Take Shape, 1942. / $200.00 / [$275.00 crossed out] / Oil. / Alice Trumbull Mason. / 334 W. 85 St., NYC. 24. [label]
verso, u.l., typed in black ink: San Francisco Museum of Art / EXHIBITION The Women / ARTIST Alice Mason / TITLE Lines Take Shape / oil / NO. 2864.45 DATE IN 12/12/45 / LENDER David Porter / ADDRESS [label]
verso, u.c, typed in blue ink and inscribed in black ink: WASHBURN GALLERY INC. / 820 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 / 212 RH 4-8560 / Artist ALICE T. MASON / Title LINES TAKE SHAPE, 1942 / Medium OIL ON PANEL / Size 22 X 28 in [label]
verso, u.c., typed in black ink and inscribed in black ink: WASHBURN / 20 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019 / ALICE TRUMBULL MASON / "LINES TAKE SHAPE" 1942 / oil on panel / 22 x 28 in / (212) 397-6780 Fax (212) 397-4853
verso, l.l., typed in black ink: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / SPRINGFIELD, MASS. / "Three American / Purists: Mason, Miles, / von Wiegand" May 11 - / July 12, 1975 / "Lines Take Shape, 1942 / Alice T. Mason, Amer. / 1904-1971 / Lent by Washburn Gallery / 12.75.04 [label]
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
William Mason Brown
ca. 1865-1878
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Alice Neel
1964
Photography by Dwight Primiano
John Trumbull
ca. 1798
Photography by Dwight Primiano
Thomas Wilmer Dewing
1917
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George Winter
1837
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Milton Avery
1944
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Alfred Maurer
ca. 1928