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STABLE GALLERY 33 EAST 74TH STREET, NEW YORK 21, N.Y. RE 7-0100

MARISOL

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

MARISOL (ESCOBAR) WAS BORN IN PARIS IN 1930 OF VENEZUELAN PARENTAGE. SHE HAS LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1950; IN NEW YORK SHE STUDIED AT THE HANS HOFMANN SCHOOL AND THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE; IN PARIS AT THE ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS.

HER WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN AT THE "FESTIVAL OF TWO WORLDS" AT SPOLETO, ITALY, IN 1958; IN THE "HUMOR IN ART" EXHIBITION AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN 1958 AND THE CARNEGIE INTERNATIONAL IN PITTSBURGH IN 1959. DURING THE SAME YEAR HER WORK [[strikethrough]] HER WORK [[strikethrough]] WAS SEEN IN AN ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO EXHIBITION, "PAN AMERICAN ART"; IN 1961 SHE WAS INCLUDED IN THE ART OF ASSEMBLAGE EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. SHE HAD A ONE MAN SHOW AT THE LEO CASTELLI GALLERY IN 1958.

AMONG THE COLLECTIONS IN WHICH HER WORK IS INCLUDED ARE: MR. ROY NEUBERGER, MR. AND MRS. STANLEY MARCUS, GOVENOR [[GOVERNOR]] NELSON ROCKEFELLER, MR. AND MRS. EDWIN A. BERGMAN, MRS. HENRY EPSTEIN, JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN, MRS. H. GATES LOYD AND DR. AEFRED FRANKFURTER.