Jaffe, Shirley, 1923-2016

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Shirley Jaffe (née Sternstein, October 2, 1923, Elizabeth, New Jersey – September 29, 2016, Louveciennes, France) was an American abstract painter. Her early work is of the gestural abstract expressionist style, however in the late 1960s she changed to a more geometric style. This change was initially received with caution by the art world, but later in her career she was praised for the "idiosyncratic" and individual nature of her work. She spent most of her life living and working in France.
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referencedIn Jaffe, Shirley : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf George Sugarman papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Jaffe, Shirley, 1923-. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn George Sugarman papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf JAFFE, SHIRLEY. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Shirley Jaffe Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Berman, Avis person
associatedWith Biala, Janice, 1904-2000. person
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art corporateBody
associatedWith Delaney, Beauford, 1901- person
associatedWith Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978. person
associatedWith Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Ford, Hermine. person
associatedWith Francis, Sam, 1923-1994. person
associatedWith Goldberg, Michael, 1924- person
associatedWith Mitchell, Joan, 1926- person
associatedWith Phillips Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Riopelle, Jean Paul. person
associatedWith Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Sugarman, George, 1912-1999. person
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France--Paris
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