Audrey Sabol

Audrey Sabol c. 1965

Audrey Sabol (1922[1] – September 4, 2021[2]) was an entrepreneur, curator, and art collector. She was best known for suggesting to Ed Ruscha that his images of gasoline stations would be a good subject for a fine art print. She published the iconic image Standard Station in 1966.[3][4]

Sabol was married to Ed Sabol (1916–2015) the founder of Blair Motion Pictures.[5] In 1962 Sabol joined the Fine Arts Committee of the Arts Council of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association in Philadelphia.[6] She went on to establish the Beautiful Bag Co.,[7] the Durable Dish Co.,[8] and the Rare Ring Co.[9] with fellow Pop art enthusiast Joan Kron.[10] In 1967 she was involved with the YM/YWHA sponsored Museum of Merchandise exhibition in Philadelphia.[11][10]

Her papers are in the Archives of American Art.[12] She was interviewed for the Archives' Oral History Program in 1987.[13]

  1. ^ "Sabol, Audrey, 1922". Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Which brings me to the death of my 99-year-old mother on September 4th (and not from Covid!)". New York Social Diary. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Standard Station". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ Breuer, Karen. "Acquisition of an Archive: The Graphic Works of Ed Ruscha". Traditional Fine Arts Organization. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ Martin, Douglas (10 February 2015). "Ed Sabol, Who Elevated Football Founding NFL Films, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. ^ "15 Primed for presenting new work, the women of the Arts Council". Temple University Digital Collections. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. ^ "An exhibition at the Gershman Y is paying tribute to the Pop Art of the swinging '60s". Mainline Media News. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Order form for dishes by Roy Lichtenstein, 1966, from the Audrey Sabol papers, 1962-1967". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  9. ^ "LOVE ring". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b Craft capital : Philadelphia's cultures of making. Philadelphia, PA: Schiffer Craft. 2019. ISBN 978-0764358838.
  11. ^ "The Museum of Merchandise". Invisible City. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Audrey Sabol papers, 1962-1967". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Oral history interview with Audrey Sabol, 1987 June 10". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 14 April 2023.