Florence Grippi Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1910 - d. 2010

Florence Grippi (1910-2010) a talented artist in her own right, she was the wife of noted sculptor and printmaker Peter Grippe. The pair worked and exhibited beside some of the most recognizable figures in the abstract expressionist movement of the 1950s including de Kooning, Nevelson, Grippi, and Kline. Florence Grippe's works have been displayed in numerous museums, galleries, and institutions including the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the New School for Social Research, and Boston College. Original pencil signed etching, limited to 140, dated 1985, approx. 15-1/2 x 13-1/4 in. VG. Her work is very scarce.