Miriam ("Mimi") Schapiro ART FOR SALE

1923 Toronto, Canada - 2015 Hampton Bays, New York. Known for: Feminist theme abstract painting, installations.

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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. "Miriam Schapiro, 91, a Feminist Artist Who Harnessed Craft and Pattern, Dies". By William Grimes, June 24, 2015. Miriam Schapiro, a pioneering feminist artist who, with Judy Chicago, created the landmark installation Womanhouse in Los Angeles in the early 1970s and later in that decade helped found the Pattern and Decoration movement, died on Saturday in Hampton Bays, N.Y. She was 91. Her death was confirmed by Judith K. Brodsky, the executor of her estate. Ms. Schapiro, who broke through as a second-generation Abstract Expressionist in the late 1950s, embraced feminism in the early 1970s and made it the foundation of her work and career. From that point, she dedicated herself to... Read full biography

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The Littlest Fan

Type:Painting

Year:1981

Size:6.25" x 12.50"

Medium:Mixed Media

Signed:Signed and Dated

Notes:

The work is signed, titled, and dated verso. In its frame it measures 10 1/2 x 15 5/8 inches. The work includes sequins, beading and fabric collaged onto paper.

Price: Please contact D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc.