Janet Sobel

Ukrainian | 1894 - 1968

Janet Sobel was a Ukrainian artist who was born in 1894. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Whitechapel Art Gallery have featured Janet Sobel's work in the past.Janet Sobel's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 300 USD to 76,200 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is 76,200 USD for untitled, sold at Phillips New York in 2023. Janet Sobel has been featured in articles for Glasstire, The New York Times and CNN . The most recent article is Why Did Art History Marginalize Janet Sobel? written for Hyperallergic in May 2024. The artist died in 1968.

untitled , Executed circa 1948.

gouache on paper mounted on board

13 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (34.9 x 41.9 cm)

Untitled , Circa 1948

gouache on paper

16 x 12 in. 40.6 x 30.5 cm.

Untitled , 1941

watercolor and gouache on paper

sheet 15 ½ x 11 in

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At Auction

Recent Auction Results

Untitled

By Janet Sobel

+560%

above mid-estimate

Phillips New York

Untitled

By Janet Sobel

-39%

below mid-estimate

Art-Torg Auctions

Untitled

By Janet Sobel

Art-Torg Auctions

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Current Exhibitions

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection

Museum District | Houston | Texas | USA

Feb 23,2024 - Aug 11,2024

Revolutions: Art From The Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

National Mall | Washington D.C. | District Of Columbia | USA

Mar 22,2024 - Apr 20,2025

Past Exhibitions

Janet Sobel: 1940s, at the Heart of the New Vanguard

Cecilia Brunson Projects London

London | UK

Oct 05,2023 - Nov 24,2023

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Articles

Why Did Art History Marginalize Janet Sobel?

Hyperallergic 07/05/2024

A new show at the Menil Collection in Houston raises important questions about the ways that we remember and historicize artists.

Review: “Janet Sobel: All-Over” at the Menil Collection, Houston

Glasstire 06/05/2024

Janet Sobel: All-Over at the Menil Collection, similarly to the museum’s recent exhibition Chryssa & New York, reasserts and reinserts an artist into the art historical record.

Women Artists Are Catching Up, but Equality Will Still Take a While

The New York Times 27/04/2024

An exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts features an array of artists sharing their views of an increasingly complex world.

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Coverage

“ .. Somewhat forgotten, the time is ripe for revisiting Sobel’s work, which defies categorization and continues to fascinate.” Since Sobel’s 1946 exhibition, there have been only three solo shows of her work... ”
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