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Emily MasonAground (unique oil on paper painting by renowned female abstract expressionist)1979
1979
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Emily Mason
Aground, 1979
Oil on paper painting
Signed, dated '79, with a dateline of Vermont (VT) on the lower front in silver marker; bears original artist's label and exhibit label
Frame included: floated and framed in original vintage silver color frame with labels verso
Signed, dated '79, with a dateline of Vermont (VT) on the lower front in silver marker
This poignant Emily Mason painting on paper is in the original vintage frame with artists label and exhibition price label verso
Measurements:
Framed:
24 inches by 24 inches by 1 inch
Artwork:
14.5 inches by 14.5 inches
About Emily Mason:
“When I start a picture I like to use the medium as directly as I can . . . [this] puts me in a state of mind which avoids pictorial constraints. I try to use paint for its brilliance, transparency, opacity, liquidity, weight, warmth and coolness. These qualities guide me in a process which will determine the climate of the picture. All the while I work to define spatial relationships, resulting in certain kinds of places. I cannot name them but know intuitively when they appear.”
— EMILY MASON (1932-2019)
Born and raised in New York City, Emily Mason’s art education began in the studio with her mother Alice Trumbull Mason, a founding member of the American Abstract Artists. A graduate of New York City’s High School of Music and Art, she attended Bennington College and The Cooper Union. In 1956, she was awarded a two-year Fulbright Grant to paint in Venice, Italy. There, she studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti where she first experimented with blotting and transferring paint onto the surface of the canvas. In 1957, at the Ponte de Rialto, Mason married painter Wolf Kahn (1927-2020), with whom she had two daughters.
Since she emerged on the Tenth Street gallery scene in 1960 with Area Gallery, Mason has exhibited regularly in New York City. In 1979 she was awarded the Ranger Fund Purchase Prize by the National Academy of Design. For over 30 years, Mason taught painting at Hunter College. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections.
In 2006, George Braziller published Emily Mason: The Fifth Element, a comprehensive treatment of her work by David Ebony and Robert Berlind. In 2015, University Press of New England released her second monograph, Emily Mason: The Light in Spring, featuring prints and paintings since 2005, edited by Ani Boyajian with text by David Ebony and Christina Weyl.
Mason passed away on 10 December 2019, the birthdate of her namesake, Emily Dickinson.
Courtesy of Miles McEnery Gallery
- Creator:Emily Mason (1932 - 2019, American)
- Creation Year:1979
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Artwork is in fine studio condition and held in the original vintage frame.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1745213942122
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