Biografie von Ruth VOLLMER (1903-1982)

Birth place: Munich, Germany

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor

Exhibited: Univ. Colorado, 1961; MoMA Lending Serv., New York, 1963-; For Eyes & Ears, Cordier Ekstrom Gallery, New York, 1964; WMAA Ann., 1964-70; PAFA Ann., 1966; Second Salon Int. Galeries Pilotes, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1966; Betty Parsons Gallery, NYC, 1970s.

Member: Am. Abstract Artist; Sculptors Guild.

Work: Nat. Collection Fine Arts, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, DC; MoMA; WMAA; NYU Art Collection; Rose Art Mus., Brandeis Univ. Commissions: MoMA Exhibs., Art in Progress, 15th Anniversary Exhib., 1944, Elements of Stage Design, toured USA, 1947-50 & several children's art dept. including Brussels World's Fair, 1958; relief mural for lobby, New York; sculpture to each of 15 founders on 25th anniversary, Committee Economic Development, 1967.

Comments: Preferred media: plastics. Art interests: plastics, predominantly transparent metals fabricated & cast.

Sources: WW73; B.H. Friedman, The Quiet World of Ruth Vollmer," Art Int. vol. 9, No. 12; Robert Smithson, "Quasi-Infinities & the Waning of Space," Arts Magazine, vol. 41, No. 1; Sol LeWitt, "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art," Artforum (summer, 1967); Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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