Rosalyn Drexler

American, born 1926

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Medium: Paintings, Acrylic and paper collage on canvas
Size: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

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New York

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Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist
Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
Exhibitions: Rosalyn Drexler: Intimate Emotions, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, July 14–August 28, 1986; Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina, September 9–October 12, 1986; University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, November 1, 1986–January 11, 1987

Rosalyn Drexler: To Smithereens, Paintings, 1961–2003, Rosenwald–Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, February 27–April 9, 2004

Rosalyn Drexler and the Ends of Man: Works from 1961–2001, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark, September 5–October 18, 2006

Rosalyn Drexler: I Am the Beautiful Stranger, Paintings of the ’60s, Pace Wildenstein, New York, March 16–April 21, 2007

Rosalyn Drexler: Vulgar Lives, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, February 19–March 28, 2015

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney's Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 6, 2016 – February 12, 2017

The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 28, 2019–Spring 2020
Literature: Baker, R.C. “Mexican Spitfire Returns.” Village Voice 52, no. 10 (2007): 94.

Duncan, Michael, “Rosalyn Drexler at Mitchell Algus and Nicholas Davies,” Art in America 88, no. 9 (2000): 152

Earnest, Jarrett and Lucas Zwirner. Tell Me Something Good: Artist Interviews from The Brooklyn Rail. New York: David Zwirner Books, 2017: 99.

Fisher, Jean. “Rosalyn Drexler at Grey Art Gallery and Study Center.” Artforum 25, no. 2 (1986): 128.

Garth Greenan Gallery. Rosalyn Drexler: Vulgar Lives. New York: Garth Greenan Gallery, 2015: 29.

Grey Art Gallery and Study Center. Rosalyn Drexler: Intimate Emotions. New York: Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, 1986: 44.

Kunstalle Wien. Power Up: Female Pop Art. Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 2010: 88.

Minioudaki, Kalliopi. Women in Pop: Difference and Marginality. [Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University, 2009.] UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2009: 82, 88, 112, 113, chpt. 2, plates 14, 64.

Musée Mailol. Pop Art: Icons that Matter: Collection du Whitney Museum of American Art. Paris: Beaux Arts Éditions, 2017: 5.

Pace Wildenstein. Rosalyn Drexler: I Am the Beautiful Stranger, Paintings of the ’60s. New York: Pace Wildenstein, 2007: 9.

Sachs, Sid. Rosalyn Drexler: To Smithereens, 1961–2003. Philadelphia: University of the Arts, 2004: 4.

Sachs, Sid. Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968. Philadelphia: University of the Arts, 2010: 173.

Schwabsky, Barry. “Rosalyn Drexler at Garth Greenan Gallery.” Artforum 53, no. 9 (2015): 376.

Seidel, Miriam. “Rosalyn Drexler at Rosenwald-Wold Gallery, University of the Arts.” Art in America 92, no. 11 (2004): 144.

Siegel, Katy. Rosalyn Drexler: Who Does She Think She Is? New York: Gregory R. Miller, 2016: 81.

Sooke, Alastair. Pop Art: A Colorful History. London: Viking, 2015: 163.

Taylor, Roger G. Marilyn in Art. Salem, NH: Salem House, 1984.

Van Wyck, Gary. Pop Art: 50 Works of Art You Should Know. Munich: Prestel, 2013: 88.

Veneciano, Jorge Daniel. Rosalyn Drexler and the Ends of Man: Works from 1961–2001. Newark: Paul Robeson Gallery, State University of New Jersery, 2006: 43.

Weinberg, Adam D., Carrie Springer and Annabelle Ténèze. Pop Art: Icons that Matter. Paris: Fonds Mercator, 2017: 73.

Yau, John. "Rosalyn Drexler with John Yau." Brooklyn Rail (July/August 2007): 56.

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