August 2, 2024

Marisol lost her mother as a girl. She never sold ‘Mi Mama y Yo.’

‘Mi Mama y Yo.’ by Marisol. © Estate of Marisol / Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

“I am the Venezuelan, born in France, living in Italy — that has an English car with North American plates and Swiss insurance — and they want to ask me what nationality I am.” So wrote Marisol Escobar — better known simply as Marisol — in her journal in 1956. By Sebastian Smee. Full Text -> TheWashingtonPost

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