Post War & Contemporary Art 
19 May 2021
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Post War & Contemporary Art 
Betty Parsons, And the Music Goes Round - Image 1 of 3
Betty Parsons, And the Music Goes Round - Image 2 of 3
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Betty Parsons 1900–1982

And the Music Goes Round

acrylic on wood with Duncan Magic Butterfly Yo-Yo collage 15¾ h × 9¾ w × 2 d in (40 × 25 × 5 cm)
estimate: $12,000–18,000
result: $16,900
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Titled to verso ‘Music Goes Round’.
provenance: Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI | The Estate of Ray Frost Fleming | Acquired from the previous in 2014, Private Collection | Private Collection | Private Collection, New York

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The Inimitable Betty Parsons

American artist, art dealer, and collector Betty Parsons was one of the most influential figures of the American avant-garde movement. Her eponymous gallery in Manhattan launched the careers of countless artists whose names are now synonymous with modern art and Abstract Expressionism, including Jackson Pollock, Ellsworth Kelly, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman. In this 1977 interview, just five years before her death, Parsons speaks of her multifaceted life and career, from her own artwork to the thought process that went into choosing the artists she represented.

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