Betty Parsons
Artist
Arthur Swoger
(American, 1901–2000)
Printerprinted by
Arthur Swoger
(American, 1901–2000)
Publisherpublished by
Arthur Swoger
(American, 1901–2000)
Dateabout 1955
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 27.9 x 35.5 cm (11 x 14 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustin S. Garver Fund
Terms
Object number2003.36
Label TextA painter in her own right, Betty Parsons (1900–1982) is better known as a prominant art dealer and champion of Abstract Expressionism. She was inspired after seeing European avant-garde art in the “Armory Show” of 1913. She studied art in Paris, and then worked in New York galleries during the 1930s.
Parsons opened her own contemporary gallery in 1944, and exhibited artists like Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, and Mark Rothko. She carried the great success they achieved together to a younger generation, including Jasper Johns, Richard Pousette-Dart, and Robert Rauschenberg.
ProvenancePurchased from his widow Rachael Swoger, Providence, R. I.On View
Not on view
