Untitled (Abstract)
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lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet:304 x 233mm
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.839.19
Art Historical Context
Alice Trumbull Mason's *Untitled (Abstract)*, in 1937, the pioneering spirit of early American abstraction. As one of the few women leading the charge in non-representational art during the Great Depression era, Mason co-founded the American Abstract Artists in 1936, for pure abstraction amid a predominantly figurative art scene influenced by government-sponsored realism. This lithograph, measuring a compact 304 x 233 mm, captures her geometric forms and dynamic compositions, reflecting modernist influences from Europe while rooting firmly in American innovation. Lithography, the medium here,...