Audrey Sabol

Audrey Sabol (born 1922)[1] is an entrepreneur, curator, and art collector. She is 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.[2][3]

Sabol was married to Ed Sabol (1916–2015) the founder of Blair Motion Pictures.[4] 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.[5] She went on to establish the Beautiful Bag Co.,[6] the Durable Dish Co.,[7] and the Rare Ring Co.[8] with fellow Pop art enthusiast Joan Kron.[9] In 1967 she was involved with the YM/YWHA sponsored Museum of Merchandise exhibition in Philadelphia.[10][9]

Her papers are in the Archives of American Art.[11] She was interviewed for the Archives' Oral History Program in 1987.[12]

References
  1. "Sabol, Audrey, 1922". Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. "Standard Station". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. Breuer, Karen. "Acquisition of an Archive: The Graphic Works of Ed Ruscha". Traditional Fine Arts Organization. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. Martin, Douglas (10 February 2015). "Ed Sabol, Who Elevated Football Founding NFL Films, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. "15 Primed for presenting new work, the women of the Arts Council". Temple University Digital Collections. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "LOVE ring". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  9. Craft capital : Philadelphia's cultures of making. Philadelphia, PA: Schiffer Craft. 2019. ISBN 978-0764358838.
  10. "The Museum of Merchandise". Invisble City. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  11. "Audrey Sabol papers, 1962-1967". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  12. "Oral history interview with Audrey Sabol, 1987 June 10". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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