Sam in the Garden
Date1983
Maker
Alden Mason
American, 1919 - 2013
Label TextExtending his reach, Mason again abandoned the brush for a more unconventional tool to express his non-linear approach to drawing. Sam in the Garden was completed using chopsticks, enabling the artist to break with a traditional application in an attempt to discover a new way of working with and describing form with paint.
Object number2010.12
Provenance[Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1983]; purchased by C. Blaine Hopkins and Francis G. Steele, Seattle, WA, 1983-2010; [purchased for Seattle Art Museum by Greg Kucera, Seattle, WA, 2010]
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Greg Kucera Gallery, opening exhibition, Oct. 1983.Credit LineGift of Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom in honor of Blaine Hopkins and Francis Steele
Dimensions30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 88.9 cm)
MediumAcrylic on paper
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