Audrey Sabol Explained

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]

Notes and References

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