Spook

ca. 1964

Alden Mason

American, 1919 - 2013

Oil on canvas

60 1/8 x 60 1/8 in. (152.7 x 152.7 cm)

Northwest Annual Purchase Fund

64.152

Provenance: The artist; purchased by the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 15, 1964

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum Pavilion, 50th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, Oct. 1964.

Olympia, Washington, Governor's Mansion, 1981.

Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Alden Mason: A Selective Survey, Oct. 13 - Dec. 6, 1987. Text by Chris Bruce and Regina Hackett. Cat. no. 4, reproduced p. 11.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Views and Visions In The Pacific Northwest, June 7 - Sept. 2, 1990.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Alden Mason, Nov. 6, 2010 - July 17, 2011.

Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue Arts Museum, Alden Mason: Fly Your Own Thing, May 14 - Oct. 10, 2021.

Published ReferencesHull, Roger, et al. Alden Mason Paintings. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021; p. 79, reproduced pl. 14, p. 137, reproduced, fig. 3.4.

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