Alice Trumbull Mason

Drawing for Unknown Painting

c. 1939

Abstract pencil drawing of overlapping geometric shapes including shaded ovals, rectangles, and circles.
Abstract pencil drawing of overlapping geometric shapes including shaded ovals, rectangles, and circles.

Alice Trumbull Mason, Drawing for Unknown Painting, c. 1939. Graphite pencil on paper, sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (30.2 × 45.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Greylock Foundation 76.12. © Estate of Alice Trumbull Mason / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

On behalf of Emily Mason, Trustee

Recto

Not on view

Date
c. 1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (30.2 × 45.6 cm)

Accession number
76.12

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from The Greylock Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Alice Trumbull Mason / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

On behalf of Emily Mason, Trustee

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