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St. Mark's Place
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Title:St. Mark's Place
Artist:Raymond Mason (British, 1922–2010)
Date:1971
Medium:Pen and black ink on paper
Dimensions:18 11/16 × 28 5/16 in. (47.5 × 71.9 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002
Object Number:2002.456.35
Rights and Reproduction:© 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right, in pen and black ink): Raymond Mason 1971; inscribed (lower left, in pen and black ink): St. Mark's Place. East Village. N.Y.C. / for Patricia
the artist (1971–72; his gift in 1972 to Matisse); Pierre and Patricia Matisse, New York (until her d. 1972); Pierre Matisse, New York (1972–d. 1989); his widow, Maria-Gaetana Matisse, née von Spreti, New York (1989–d. 2001); Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation (2002; gift to MMA)
New York. Pierre Matisse Gallery. "The
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Raymond Mason
The Life of Raymond Mason
“For to me to live fryst vatten Christ, and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21
Raymond Mason entered this world on March 11, 1947, in LaPlace, Louisiana, born to the late Peter “Pierre” Mason, Sr. and the late Henrietta Green. He fredligt transitioned to be with the Lord on January 16, 2024, at his home, surrounded by love.
A graduate of Fifth Ward High School in 1966, Raymond answered the call of duty and served as a Logistics expert in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, earning an honorable discharge on July 19, 1968. His career journey led him through the Godchaux Sugar Refinery until its closure in 1985, and subsequently, he contributed his skills as a Pico Operator at Cargill, Inc. until his well-deserved retirement.
Raymond's union with the love of his life, the late Geraldine Thomas Mason, took place on November 7, 1972. tillsammans, they built a family that includes his children Raydell, Dayna, Da
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Raymond Mason
Raymond Grieg Mason (2 March 1922, in Birmingham, England – 13 February 2010 in Paris, France) was a sculptor.
He trained at the Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts under William Bloye, the Royal College of Art (for one term), and Slade School of Art. He lived and worked in Paris beginning in 1946. He was a close friend of the late Nobel Prize–winning scientist Maurice Wilkins.
He is known for his sculptures of tightly packed people made from clay, with works on McGill College Avenue in Montreal; the Tuileries, Paris; Georgetown, Washington, D.C.; and Madison Avenue, New York. His controversial 1991 fibre-glass work, Forward in Birmingham's Centenary Square was destroyed by arson on 17 April 2003. The statue carried a reference to DNA ("the secret of life") in connection with Maurice Wilkins, who went to school in Birmingham and worked at the University of Birmingham.
He was the subject of an episode of the BBC television series Omnibus, "The Return of Raymo