Skip to main content
Collections Menu
SAM'S collection
Violet Flapper
Violet Flapper

Violet Flapper

Date1975
Maker Alden Mason American, 1919 - 2013
Object number75.80
Provenance[Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, Wash.]; purchased by the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wash., with funds from friends and husband in memory of Sue Freesz and the National Endowment for the Arts, Dec. 10,1975
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Polly Friedlander Gallery, Alden Mason: Paintings, Drawings, 1975, Oct. 2, 1975. Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Oct. 6 - 28, 1976. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Alden Mason, Nov. 6, 2010 - July 17, 2011. Tacoma, Washington, Museum of Glass, Counterparts: Glass + Art Elements, Apr. 2, 2021 - Mar. 13, 2022.
Credit LineGift of friends and husband in memory of Sue Freesz and with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
Dimensions82 1/4 x 70 in. (208.9 x 177.8 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
Photo: Susan Cole
Alden Mason
1972
Object number: 83.167
Spook
Alden Mason
ca. 1964
Object number: 64.152
Deception Cove
Alden Mason
1952
Object number: 52.148
Mother
Alden Mason
1985
Object number: 86.101
Parade
Alden Mason
1966
Object number: 67.44
Billy
Alden Mason
1986
Object number: 2002.45
Alden Mason
1979
Object number: 2010.31.11
Fly Your Own Thing
Alden Mason
1968
Object number: 68.199
Winter
Alden Mason
1948
Object number: 59.71
Moraine
Alden Mason
1959
Object number: 59.163
Darrington Rain
Alden Mason
1947
Object number: 47.139