Marisol (Marisol Escobar)
- Introduction
- Marisol Escobar (May 22, 1930 – April 30, 2016), otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a French sculptor of Venezuelan heritage who worked in New York City.
- Wikidata
- Q438248
- Introduction
- An artist known primarily for her figurative assemblage works of the 1960s that drew on both folk art and Pop. She was born in Paris to Venezuelan parents and grew up in Paris and Caracas, settling in Los Angeles in 1946. She went on to study at the École des Beaux-Arts, and the Académie Julian. She returned to the US to live in New York City, where in the early 1950s she developed her signature sculptural works.
- Nationalities
- American, Venezuelan, French
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Marisol, Marisol Escobar, Escobar Marisol, María Sol Escobar, Maria Sol Escobar, Marisol (Marisol Escobar)
- Ulan
- 500027334
Exhibitions
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From the Collection: 1960–1969
March 26, 2016–
March 19, 2017 MoMA
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Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980
September 5, 2015–
January 3, 2016 MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
January 1–
December 31, 2013 MoMA
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Artistic Collaborations: 50 Years at Universal Limited Art Editions
January 17–
May 21, 2007 MoMA
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Architecture & Design: North Gallery Rotation 2
December 14, 2005–
April 6, 2006 MoMA
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) has 37 exhibitionsonline.
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Untitled (1960)
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) The Family 1962
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Love 1962
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Furshoe 1964
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Shoe and Hand 1964
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Papagallo 1965
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) The Kiss 1965
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Various Artists, Nell Blaine, Norman Bluhm, Joe Brainard, John Button, Giorgio Cavallon, Allan D'Arcangelo, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Michael Goldberg, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Al Held, Jasper Johns, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Alex Katz, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol (Marisol Escobar), Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Reuben Nakian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jane Wilson Preparatory drawings for In Memory of My Feelings 1967
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings 1967
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Paris Review 1967
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Various Artists, Nell Blaine, Norman Bluhm, Joe Brainard, John Button, Giorgio Cavallon, Allan D'Arcangelo, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Michael Goldberg, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Al Held, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Lee Krasner, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol (Marisol Escobar), Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Reuben Nakian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Jane Wilson, Niki de Saint Phalle In Memory of My Feelings 1967
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) In-text plate (folios 15 verso and 16 recto) from In Memory of My Feelings 1967
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Various Artists, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Allen Jones, Kenneth Koch, Josef Levi, Gerard Malanga, Marisol (Marisol Escobar), Claes Oldenburg, Peter Saul, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, John Willenbecher Stamped Indelibly 1967
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) LBJ 1967
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Original wax prototype for Self-portrait ring 1967
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Portrait of Sidney Janis Selling Portrait of Sidney Janis by Marisol, by Marisol 1967-68
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) The Death of Head and Leg 1969, printed 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) French Curve 1970
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Kalimpong 1 1970
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Kalimpong 2 1970
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Pnom Penh, One 1970
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Pnom Penh, Two 1970
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Five Hands and One Finger 1971
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Diptych 1971
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Various Artists, Tom Gormley, Red Grooms, Marisol (Marisol Escobar), Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Robert Whitman Art Cash 1971
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Catalpa Maiden About to Touch Herself 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Forest 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Hand in Leaf 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) I Hate You 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Self Portrait 1970, printed and dated 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) The Spoon 1970, printed and dated 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Cultural Head 1973
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Marisol (Marisol Escobar) Women's Equality from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence 1975
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