Post War & Contemporary Art 
31 July 2024
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Post War & Contemporary Art 
Betty Parsons, Sea Parthenon - Image 1 of 3
Betty Parsons, Sea Parthenon - Image 2 of 3
Betty Parsons, Sea Parthenon - Image 3 of 3
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Betty Parsons 1900–1982

Sea Parthenon

1980
acrylic on wood construction 26 h × 27¼ w × 2½ d in (66 × 69 × 6 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $18,900
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Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Sea Parthenon Betty Parsons 1980’.
provenance: Newspace, Los Angeles | The Collection of Joni and Monte Gordon, Los Angeles | Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 20th Century Modern Art & Design, 23 May 2021, Lot 156 | Private Collection
exhibited: Betty Parsons: Paintings and Sculpture, 6 - 31 May 1980, Newspace, Los Angeles | Joni Gordon: 33 Years at Newspace, 1973-2006: 'Good to Go', 16 September - 16 December 2006, Newspace, Los Angeles

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The Inimitable Betty Parsons

American artist, art dealer, and collector Betty Parsons was one of the most influential figures of the American avant-garde movement. Her eponymous gallery in Manhattan launched the careers of countless artists whose names are now synonymous with modern art and Abstract Expressionism, including Jackson Pollock, Ellsworth Kelly, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman. In this 1977 interview, just five years before her death, Parsons speaks of her multifaceted life and career, from her own artwork to the thought process that went into choosing the artists she represented.

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