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Abstract painting of small, dark earthy rectangles fluidly layered on top of larger, more vibrantly coloured blocks.
Abstract painting of small, dark earthy rectangles fluidly layered on top of larger, more vibrantly coloured blocks.
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Alice Trumbull Mason

L'Hasard (Chance)
Now On View

Description

Maker

Alice Trumbull Mason (American, 1904-1971)

Title

L'Hasard (Chance)

Year

1948-1949

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

92.7 x 72.1 cm (36 1/2 x 28 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed;1948

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

78.028

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now
Jun 04, 2022 – Sep 01, 2026

Label copy

About that silver sliver of sea, it is full of symbols, but I just felt like painting a story.

-Alice Trumbull Mason, 1957

A founding member of the American Abstract Artists, a group formed in New York in 1936, Alice Trumbull Mason was a passionate advocate for the enchanting energy of nonrepresentational art. Though Mason referred to her style as “architectural abstraction,” this painting reveals her approach as more organic than rigid. A poet as well as a painter, hers was a practice of creating relationships and eliciting feelings by juxtaposing forms and colors in rhythmic and unexpected ways.

-Kate Irvin, curator of costume and textiles

Jim Isermann
Logic Rules
Nov 17, 2000 – Mar 04, 2001
From the Reserve IV
Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994

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Alice Trumbull Mason (American, 1904-1971)
L'Hasard (Chance), 1948-1949
Oil on Masonite
92.7 x 72.1 cm (36 1/2 x 28 3/8 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 78.028

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