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Sculpture

What happened to the First Lady of Pop Art?

Marisol Escobar, who Warhol hailed as the 'first girl artist with glamour', died last month after decades of neglect. Claudia Massie thinks a revival is long overdue

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

In 1961 the Venezuelan-American sculptor Marisol Escobar made a startling appearance at the New York artists’ group known as the Club that would set the tone for her unconventional career. The Club was where the alphas of contemporary American art met. Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and their ilk gathered there to take part in discussions, listen to talks, and escape their families.

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