Betty Parsons
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personAmerican, 1900–1982
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Selected Works66

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Whitney
Whitney
MoMA
MoMA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Portland Art Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
Arkansas Arts Center
San Antonio Museum of Art
Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Parrish Art Museum
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Allen Memorial Art Museum
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Previous Sales 45

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$15.2K
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Feb 2026 · $50.8K
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Paintings: $15.2K medianWorks on paper: $16.4K medianUnclassified lots: $7.4K median
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Abrams · 1991
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The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard)’s Hessel Museum of Art will present "Betty Parsons: An Expanded World" from June 27 to Oc…
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Past Exhibitions8

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Betty Parsons Reverberation

Betty Parsons

384 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Feb 14, 2025 — Mar 15, 2025

Betty Parsons

Betty Parsons

22 Cork St, London W1S 3NG, United Kingdom

Mar 20, 2024 — Apr 27, 2024

Betty Parsons: The Expanding World Online Exhibition

Betty Parsons

22 Cork St, London W1S 3NG, United Kingdom

Jul 1, 2021 — Aug 31, 2021

Betty Parsons 1950s Works on Paper

Betty Parsons

384 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Nov 20, 2020 — Jan 31, 2021

Betty Parsons Heated Sky

384 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Feb 27, 2020 — May 27, 2020

Betty Parsons: The Queen of the Circus

Betty Parsons

22 Cork St, London W1S 3NG, United Kingdom

Oct 2, 2019 — Nov 9, 2019

Betty Parsons Invisible Presence

384 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

May 25, 2017 — Jul 14, 2017

Three Installations: Betty Parsons

Betty Parsons

8 E 76th St, New York, NY 10021, USA

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Art Fair Appearances4

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Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2022
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2017
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