Marisol studied art at the Paris cole des Beaux-Arts in 1949. The pop art culture in the 1960s embraced Marisol as one of its members, enhancing her recognition and popularity. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." [4] In 1946, when Marisol was 16, the family relocated permanently to Los Angeles; she was enrolled at the Marymount High School in Los Angeles. "Eye Of The Heart." "Who is Marisol?" Pg. [12] Artists like Marisol never received the attention they deserved. From her earliest, roughly carved . Dust Bowl Migrants, Father Damien, and The Party are some of her most well-known sculptures. 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. Two exhibits of these works were not well received, and, she felt, misunderstood. In addition to sculpture, Marisol also created works on paper, using colored pencils, crayons, and paint, and used her painting and drawing skills in her sculptures. Today, her works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art, among others. Pg. She studied painting briefly at the Art Students League, then, for three years (19501953) at the Hans Hofmann School of Art. Josefina Escobar committed suicide in 1941, when Marisol was eleven. Earlier, during her childhood education in Catholic schools, she had won prizes for drawing very realistic copies of icons representing saints. Marisol Escobar, The Party, 1965-66, fifteen freestanding, life-size figures and three wall panels, with painted and carved wood, mirrors, plastic, television set, clothes, shoes, glasses, and other accessories, variable dimensions (Toledo Museum of . [54], Her work is included in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery,[5] The Metropolitan Museum of Art,[55] the Currier Museum of Art,[56] ICA Boston,[57] and the Museum of Modern Art.[58]. Marisol Escobar (May 22, 1930 - April 30, 2016), otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City. Marisol began her formal art education in 1946 with night classes at the Otis Art Institute and the Jepson Art Institute in Los Angeles. Dubbed "a sort of Cindy Sherman before the fact," the artist turned her character into a readymade object, presenting iterations of herself as nesting dolls, each one a discreet interpretation on the theme of Marisol. [17] By incorporating herself within a work as the 'feminine' faade under scrutiny, Marisol effectively conveyed a 'feminine' subject as capable of taking control of her own depiction. Marisols 1967 sculpture portraits of Charles de Gaulle and Lyndon B. Johnson are irreverent but delightful. The Lithograph is from an edition size of 10 and is not framed. In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. Not one for sticking to tradition, Marisol combined Pop Art's obsession with . She was a pop culture icon. [17] Art was used not as a platform of personal expression, but as an opportunity to expose the self as an imagined creation. While visiting a primitive art gallery in New York, she was spellbound by pre-Columbian pottery and Mexican folk art boxes with small, carved figures. Marisol created a series of wood sculptures in the 1990s, mostly depicting Native Americans. Marisol, whose original name was Maria Sol Escobar, was born in Paris on May 22, 1930 to Venezuelan parents. MARISOL (Marisol Escobar) ( b. 1950. Escobar's work was largely influenced by pre-Columbian artwork, incorporating materials such as terracotta and wood elements while using geometric abstraction. Help us build our profile of Marisol Escobar! Pg. The Spanish painter, sculptor, and graphic artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the most prodigious and revolution, Gerhard Richter Catholicism imbued Marisol with beliefs in mystery, miracles, intercession, and awareness of a spiritual/supernatural aspect of life that permeated both her character and work as an artist. The world lost a pioneering artist, who once was famous, but had been overshadowed by more flashy Pop artists and Dadaists. 18, no. Pg. They managed to locate Barraza in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, where he was arrested and taken to Juarez where he . [23] For feminists her work was often perceived as reproducing tropes of femininity from an uncritical standpoint, therefore repeating modes of valorization they hoped to move past. There is no one Marisol, the artist and her work communicate so strongly. While in Tahiti, Marisol learned to scuba dive. There are as many Marisols as there are boxes of wood, each one a mask that tells the truth. Estate of Marisol / Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY. 75, Whiting, Ccile. The eleven-year-old retreated into a protective shell of silence and sustained an enigmatic, aloof persona, even after becoming a star of the New York City art scene during the 1960s. Her mother died when she was eleven, during World War II. A 2007 New York Times piece about Marisol wrote that she has not become more voluble with time.. I was very sad myself and the people I met were so depressing. Her parents were from wealthy families and travelled frequently. In 2023, Her Personal Year Number is 7. At the beginning of her career, Marisol painted in the Abstract Expressionist style, but in 1953 she decided to take up sculpting. There have been several attempts to locate Marisol Escobar within the New York art world of the 1960s. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. Museum Quality Fine Art Prints & Custom Framing. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." In the 1960s and 1970s, pop culture embraced Marisol and her work. 22 May 1930 in Paris, France), sculptor whose mysterious beauty and large wood block figures in assemblages caused a sensation during the 1960s. In 1941, Marisol's mother committed suicide, leaving her 11-year-old daughter speechless, quite literally. With the honing of her woodcarving skills, Marisol began to establish her identity in an era dominated by Abstract Expressionist painters, such as Jackson Pollock and de Kooning. When we view her awe-striking The Party sculpture, we join Marisol in her keen observations about people. Her interest in identity shaped her life as well as her work. She appeared in two performance art films created by pop artist Andy Warhol. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." Her first name derives from Spanish words (mar y sol) meaning "sea and sun." "It started as a kind of rebellion," she told a reporter in 1965. 76, "Escobar, Marisol." More information on Marisol Escobar can be found here. In 1950 Marisol moved to New York City and said about the time that she at last found people like myself. She studied at the Art Students League, the New School for Social Research, and the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, where many of New Yorks Abstract Expressionists studied with Hans Hofmann. Through a parody of women, fashion, and television, she attempted to ignite social change. Maria Sol Escobar was born on May 22, 1930, to Venezuelan parents in Paris, France. Born Marisol Escobar, Marisol was the daughter of Gustavo Escobar, a real estate mogul, and Josefina Hernandez Escobar, a housewife. The show was well received, but Marisol didnt like the fame that it brought and fled to Rome. The women are social-distancing and either closing their eyes or looking straight ahead, not at each other. Escobedo and her husband claimed that their daughter was murdered by Sergio Rafael Barraza Bocanegra. Every day there was a long line of thousands of people waiting to see her remarkable life-size figures. [29], Marisol received awards including the 1997 Premio Gabriela Mistral from the Organization of American States for her contribution to Inter-American culture. It started as a kind of rebellion, she told arts journalist Grace Glueck. Following the tragedy and for the duration of World War II, the family lived mainly in Caracas, with the children attending a series of local schools. RACAR: Revue d'Art Canadienne / Canadian Art Review, vol. Born to an opulent Venezuelan family, Maria Sol Escobar spent her childhood following her parents on their journeys and attending their high society soirees. A wonderful movie from the Toledo Museum of Art will help you understand the work better than a 2-D image of it, and we highly recommend this video: Marisol is best known for her bright, boxy sculptures of people representing a broad range of contemporary life. to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. The sculpture is at the lower tip of Manhattan in Battery Park, on a pier. Also see Grace Gluck, "It's Not Pop, It's Not OpIt's Marisol," New York Times Magazine (17 Mar. [41] Through an objective attitude, she claimed an artist could maintain a position of 'masculine' detachment from the subjects being depicted. The Independent (2015). [27] The public was informed of the subject's flaws, suggesting both a commonality and tension between subject, audience, and herself. Sponsor. #MarisolEscobar, venezuelan artist, died today (b.1930) ::: "Last Supper", 1982, Met :: #Art #ArtHistory #PopArt :: pic.twitter.com/OUNqDPR6g9. (Please note: For some informations, we can only point to external links). (An inveterate world traveler, she has found that new environments can be discovered in a mere five-minute walk from her TriBeCa studio.) A photo posted by Octavio Zaya (@octaviozaya) on May 2, 2016 at 7:31pm PDT Although largely self-taught, Marisol took a clay course at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Her education: Jepson Art Institute,cole des Beaux-Arts,Art Students League of New York,Hans Hofmann, School. She turned to terracotta, wood, and fabricated sculpture. Marisols mother, Josefina Escobar, committed suicide in 1941, when Marisol was eleven. Marisol decided to not speak again after her mother's passing, although she made exceptions for answering questions in school or other requirements; she did not regularly speak out loud until her early twenties. was born on May 22, 1930 (age 85) in Paris, France. "Not Pop, Not Op, It's Marisol!" Not one for sticking to tradition, Marisol combined Pop Art's obsession with flatness with Dada's penchant for the absurd and the scavenger mentality of found object assemblage, creating an aesthetic -- accented by the style of Latin American folk art -- all her own. The Independent (2015), Diehl, Carol. 84, Whiting, Ccile. The Castelli Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery, and currently the Marlborough Gallery have represented her at various points in her career. When she returned to New York in 1960, she began working on larger, life-size sculptures. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Certain faces appear to carry echoes of themselves, alluding to the multitudes within us all. 74, Whiting, Ccile. [15] Through a crude combination of materials, Marisol symbolized the artist's denial of any consistent existence of "essential" femininity. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. That means he has life path number 22. Beginning in the 1980s she returned to large-scale figural assemblages and portrait-homages to well-known contemporary artists and personalities. | Website 2016-2023 Art Authority LLC Oral history interview with Marisol, 1968 Feb. 8. The silenced and marginalized were another one of Marisol's choice subjects, from dust bowl migrants to Cuban children. existential aura of 1950s New York abstract painting, Marisol's new work emphasized the whimsical. In recent years, Marisol received a letter from a Native American group requesting submissions for graphic work. A natural beauty, her chic bones-and-hollows face was complemented by her long, glossy black hair. "Marisol (Marisol Escobar) [40] This portrayal, set within Pop art, was predominately determined by male artists, who commonly portrayed women as commoditized sex objects. There ensued a deafening cry for her to remove it, and she didonly to reveal that she had on makeup exactly the same as the mask. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." Her whispery voice, natural reserve, and marathon silences lent a mysterious allure. The gallery had been the first museum to acquire Marisols work, having purchased The Generals from her solo show at the Stable Gallery in 1962 and her Baby Girl sculpture in 1964. artGallery@qcc.cuny.edu. She created assemblages unlike any other work being done at the time, working with plaster casts, wooden blocks, woodcarvings, drawings, photography, paint, and pieces of contemporary clothing. This initial contact led to her creation of a large body of work based on Native Americans and an exhibition of this work as the United States contribution to the Seville Fair in Spain. Encouraged by her father to pursue her interest in art, Marisol moved to Paris to study for a year in 1949. [44], Art critics, such as Lucy Lippard, began to recognize Marisol in terms of Pop art in 1965. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." She was more than supportive of their relationship. [29] Marisol's wit was disregarded as feminine playfulness, therefore, lacking the objectivity and expressionless attitude of male pop artists. . She was not just an artist. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps, Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s. They look like little birds in a nod to the name Mrs. Johnson used, Lady Bird. Venezuelan-born (sic) society sculptress Marisol Escobar looks quizzically at the head of a woman by British sculptor Henry Moore at new Marlborough-Gerson Gallery. World Telegram & Sun photo by Herman Hiller, 1963. Their wealth derived from the Venezuelan oil business and real estate that afforded the family a very comfortable, social lifestyle. Experimenting with Pop art, Dadaism, folk art, and surrealism, Marisol constructed pieces that made people laugh at the current fashions, politics, television culture, and even other artists. All we have are masks, and the authentic gesture is recognizing this as such. "Late at night they looked as if they were alive.". was the way Grace Glueck titled her article in The New York Times in 1965:[8] "Silence was an integral part of Marisol's work and life. 90, De Lamater, Peg. "The Image Valued 'As Found' And The Reconfiguring Of Mimesis In Post-War Art." Instead of the [4][5], Although Marisol was deeply traumatized, this did not affect her artistic talents. She played roles in two of his films, Kiss (1963) and 13 Most Beautiful Women (1964). [21] Paying attention to specific aspects of an image and/or the ideas outside of their original context, allowed for a thorough understanding of messages meant to be transparent. Sculptor from France who was influenced by Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and a variety of other aesthetic trends in his work. [4] Marisol decided to not speak again after her mother's passing, although she made exceptions for answering questions in school or other requirements; she did not regularly speak out loud until her early twenties. In 1982-1984, her respect for Leonardo da Vinci led her to make a life-sized sculptural representation of herself contemplating her full-sized tableau of The Last Supper. She became enamored with the floating non-human environment of the sea as an antidote to terrestrial turmoil. Marisol dropped her family surname of Escobar in order to divest herself of a patrilineal identity and to "stand out from the crowd". With the bequest, Albright-Knox now holds the most significant collection of Marisols work, including 100 sculptures spanning Marisols 60-year career, more than 150 works on paper, thousands of photographs and slides, and a small group of works by other artists Marisol had collected. Her portrait of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner appeared on the 3 March 1967 cover of Time magazine. At a time when the art world was torn between the Rothkos and the Warhols, the serious and frivolous, Marisol offered an alternative. [4] She was preceded by an elder brother, Gustavo. During 1968 Marisol left for what was to be a months break that turned into almost two years of world travel. 18, no. She said little during the discussion, and eventually the male panelists clamored for Marisol to remove the mask. 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The second, when she progressed to Alzheimer's that she suffered from and uprooted, along with her memory, the idea of herself in the world, which anchors us to life. Her famous sculptures include Dust Bowl Migrants, Father Damien, and The Party. The cause of death was pneumonia. In the 1960s, her innovative wooden sculptures of family groups and famous people brought her fame. Marisol Escobar, later known as simply "Marisol," was an American artist best known for her carved wooden sculptures, which often incorporated photographs and painted elements. 788, Whiting, Ccile. One of her most well-known works of this period was The Party, a life-size group installation of figures at the Sidney Janis Gallery. Marisol liked to juxtapose wooden block forms with found objects and painted faces, often using her own face in her work. Financially comfortable, the family lived something of a nomadic existence in Europe, Venezuela, and the United States. Many of her sculptures spoke to the role of women in society. 222-05 56th Ave. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." One figure's forehead has a small, working television set. [4] Her talents in drawing frequently earned her artistic prizes at the various schools she attended before settling in Los Angeles in 1946. Marisol Escobar was so well-known that, like Prince or Madonna of later eras, she didnt need a last name. Although Marisol began her career painting in an Abstract Expressionist style, she turned to sculpture around 1954. 787, Potts, Alex. She had begun drawing early in life, with her parents encouraging her talent by taking her to museums. Last update: 2022-02-11 23:44:40, If you are a model, tiktoker, instagram Influencer or brand marketer, who is looking for Collaborations, then you can join our Facebook Group named "Influencers Meet Brands - in4fp.com". [52], Escobar last lived in the TriBeCa district of New York City, and was in frail health towards the end of her life. Whether she designs a single figure or a large group, she invariably ends up with a . Her father was in real estate, and the family lived very comfortably, although her mother died when she was eleven years old. Grave self-doubt followed Marisols initial success and exposure with the Castelli show and she left New York to live for a year in Italy in 1959. I was very sad myself and the people I met were so depressing. "Marisol's Public and Private De Gaulle. Lot 18: Marisol Escobar - Blackbird Love - 1980 Lithograph - SIGNED 30.25" x 20.5". Throughout her career she has told interviewers that her work never had the dimensions of political or social criticism associated with pop art. The American sculptor Duane Hanson (1925-1996) was one of the leading sculptors working in a superrealist, or Verist, style. She was simply Marisol. As she revealed to Avis Berman in a 1984 interview for Smithsonian, Marisol suffered self-inflicted acts of penance for a brief period in her early teens. Warhol said she was the first girl artist with glamour but he also took her art seriously. [25] By juxtaposing different signifiers of femininity, Marisol explained the way in which "femininity" is culturally produced. "Marisol Escobar, Pop Art" New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989, pp. [42] Like many artists at that time feared, the female sensibility was the reason Marisol was often marginalized. All rights reserved. ." She walked on her knees until they bled, kept silent for long periods, and tied ropes tightly around her waist in emulation of saints and martyrs. Motivated by her admiration for da Vinci as an artist rather than any religious feeling, Marisol executed sculptural renditions of Leonardo da Vincis Last Supper as well as The Virgin with St. Anne in the 1980s. [3] She continued to create her artworks and returned to the limelight in the early 21st century, capped by a 2014 major retrospective show organized by the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." [11] According to Holly Williams, Marisol's sculptural works toyed with the prescribed social roles and restraints faced by women during this period through her depiction of the complexities of femininity as a perceived truth. "Figuring Marisol's Femininities." . [14] Using an assemblage of plaster casts, wooden blocks, woodcarving, drawings, photography, paint, and pieces of contemporary clothing, Marisol effectively recognized their physical discontinuities. by Dr. Halona Norton-Westbrook, Toledo Museum of Art and Dr. Steven Zucker. Andy Warhol, Father Damien, and Willem de Kooning were also Her acquaintances. Marisol was very religious. Connect any celebrity with Marisol Escobar to see how closely they are linked romantically! Marisol Escobar was born on May 22, 1930 (age 85) in Paris, France. Pg. Pg. They are often visionaries and can see the potential in people and situations. She expanded her range of materials with the inclusion of found objects (often including her own clothing) a practice found in the historic sculptures and collages of Picasso as well as the more contemporary combines of Robert Rauschenberg. [18], The sculptural practice of Marisol simultaneously distanced herself from her subject, while also reintroducing the artist's presence through a range of self-portraiture found in every sculpture. Out of several artists asked, she was the only artist to respond. Marisol has consistently participated in numerous one-person and group exhibitions since the first momentous exhibition at the Castelli Gallery. 2016, New York, USA. "The Image Valued 'As Found' And The Reconfiguring Of Mimesis In Post-War Art. After the war the family moved to Los Angeles, where Marisol attended the Westlake School for Girls. [30][31] One of her best-known works from this period is The Party, a life-size group installation of figures at the Toledo Museum of Art. His work is, African art, art created by the peoples south of the Sahara. Whiting, Ccile. Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. These votive works (first exhibited at the Tanager Gallery, an artists co-op effort, in a group show that included King and Alex Katz) caught the eye of Leo Castelli. 1/2, 1991, pg. The block figures of mahogany or pine would be painted or penciled, and she began to use discarded objects as props. Marisol, Baby Girl, 1963. Part totem pole, part collage, part caricature, part lost and found, Marisol communicated a hodgepodge of influences that make up a person's identity. We have no records of past relationships for Marisol Escobar. Arranged into complex, life-size figure arrangements, they galvanized the art public of that era. [26] Manipulating his crucial characteristics, mannerisms, and attributes to effectively subvert his position of power as one of vulnerability. [7][53], In April 2017, it was announced that Marisol's entire estate had been left to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Marisol (Marisol Escobar) The Family 1962. [23] This style disassociated ideas of femininity as being authentic, but rather considered the concept to be a repetition of fictional ideas. During the Postwar period, there was a return of traditional values that reinstated social roles, conforming race and gender within the public sphere. Westmacott, Jean. French sculptor whose work was influenced by Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and many other artistic movements. Marisol is included in numerous public collections in other countries such as the Galeria de Arte Nacional and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Caracas, Venezuela, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany, and the Tokushima Modern Art Museum in Japan. The smaller hand offers a cup of tea to the viewer. Figures of a butler and a maid bear trays of real glasses. The Take-Over Generation: One Hundred of the Most Important Young Men and Women in the United States, Emily Carr Paintings Celebrate the Beauty of the Pacific Northwest, 7 Classic Artists to Decorate Your Office , Highlighting Black Voices: Elizabeth Catlett and Alma Woodsey Thomas, A Portrait of Fatherhood: 10 Prints Honoring Dad, I love you, Mom! At her high point, Marisol was the woman artist to watch. The avant-garde, the primitive, the experimental, the nostalgic, the political, the erotic, the low-brow, the morbid, the sweet, funny, strange, true. So when she's asked why there are two pipes, she says, 'Well, Hugh Hefner has too much of everything. 73, Diehl, Carol. [23] By producing these symbols through conflicting materials, she disassociated "woman" as an obvious entity and presented her rather as a product of a series of symbolic parts. Born 1930 Marisol Escobar, in Paris, France. She had been living in the same Tribeca loft apartment for almost 30 years. 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. Auction Date: Feb 09, 2021 Estimate: $1,575 - $2,275 Description: "Blackbird Love" by Marisol Escobar, 1980 Signed Lithograph. [17] But, by incorporating casts of her own hands and expressional strokes in her work, Marisol combined symbols of the 'artist' identity celebrated throughout art history. The statute honors Father Damien, a Catholic Church priest from Belgium who sacrificed his life for the lepers of the island of Molokai. Tea for Three brings together the colors of the Venezuelan flag: yellow, red, and blue. [4] She disliked this institution, and transferred to the Westlake School for Girls in 1948. Pg. She is a celebrity sculptor. Marisol became an American citizen in 1963, yet was chosen to represent Venezuela in the 1968 Venice Biennale. Marisol took printers type cases and placed small terracotta figures in the openings. 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. Marisol Escobar, a 1960s Pop Culture Icon. '"[37], Marisol's diversity, unique eye and character set her apart from any one school of thought. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. The artist has also illuminated tragic human conditions by focusing on various disadvantaged or minority groups such as Dust Bowl migrants, Father Damien (depicted with the marks of leprosy), poor Cuban families, and Native Americans. Anne. Walsh, Laura. The tragedy affected Marisol deeply. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Marisol was encouraged by her family to pursue a career as an . Pg. [3] You will also receive a promo code for 25% off your first order. She returned in the early 70s, but never regained the popularity she once had. Marisol, Saint Damien of Molokai Statue, 1969. [12] As Whiting further clarified in her article Figuring Marisol's Femininities, "without feminine Pop, there could not have been a masculine Pop in opposition; without the soft periphery, there could have been no hard core". The sculpture was featured on the March 3, 1967 cover of Time magazine. [13], By displaying the essential aspects of femininity within an assemblage of makeshift construction, Marisol was able to comment on the social construct of "woman" as an unstable entity. Marisol Escobar was born in 5-22-1930. It is as if the viewer has just entered a high-society cocktail party and the figures are evaluating, mask-like, the viewer's social status. Additionally, they are also creative and resourceful deep thinkers. RACAR: Williams, Holly. She is also an artist whose work is sometimes in exhibitions at Chestertown RiverArts and she paints sets for the Garfield Center for the Arts. Marisol's props ranged from a stuffed dog's head for Woman with Dog (1960) to real trumpets and a saxophone for Jazz Musicians (1964). By the mid-1960s Marisol had become a naturalized United States citizen. Leo Castelli Gallery featured Marisols Pre-Columbian art-inspired carvings of animals and totemic figures in her first one-person exhibition in 1958. Her artistic training was irregular, eclectic and mostly self-taught: she studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1949 . We connect brands with social media talent to create quality sponsored content. '"[8], In 1966-67, she completed Hugh Hefner, a sculptural portrait of the celebrity magazine publisher. Public Commission, The Scarlet Letter Lincoln Center, New York, NY. Marisol's work from the 1960s is examined in Roberta Bernstein, Marisol (1970). 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