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2024 Benefit Auction

Mon, Sep 16, 2024 12:00PM EDT - Mon, Sep 30, 2024 08:30PM EDT
  2024-09-16 12:00:00 2024-09-30 20:30:00 America/New_York Drawing Center Drawing Center : 2024 Benefit Auction https://auction.drawingcenter.org/auctions/the-drawing-center/2024-benefit-auction-16224
"A Selection of Great Art by People Who Know What They Like." Funds raised through TDC's 2024 benefit auction will provide critical support for our ambitious roster of exhibitions, publications, education initiatives, and public programs. Bidding begins on Monday, September 16 at 12pm EST, and closes on Monday, September 30 at 8:30pm EST.
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Lot 157

Marilee Sousie-Strom, "Study for 'Yabba-Dabba-Doo", 2011

Estimate: $3,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$1,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $100
$1,000 $200
$2,000 $300
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $3,000
$50,000 $5,000

MARILEE SOUSIE-STROM

"Study for ‘Yabba-Dabba-Doo’", 2011

Pencil on paper

Unframed: 12 x 8 inches (30.5 x 20.3 cm)

Framed: 19 x 15 x 1 ⅛ inches (48.3 x 38.1 x 2.9 cm)

Courtesy of the Artist

 

Selected by Jack Shear 

 

Marilee Sousie is recognizable for her vivid, playful paintings inspired by the cartoons of the past and modern day. A native of Upstate New York, Marilee Sousie cherished the coloring books given to her, not wanting to “destroy” the original, she began to redraw the pages which developed her eye for the soft shapes and playful designs.

 

Sousie is a mixed media artist, primarily working in acrylics. She received her MFA from the State University of New York, BFA in fine arts with a BS in Art Education from The College of Saint Rose, after receiving her Associates degree from Hudson Valley Community College and studying abroad in Florence, Italy. 

 

Sousie was the recipient of the Hy Rosen Award for Excellence in Painting and Drawing, the Dr. Arthur Collins ‘48 Purchase Award by the University Art Museum at SUNY Albany and awarded Best in Show at the Arts Center of the Capital Region.

 

Marilee Sousie is the Chief Publication Researcher for the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. She currently resides in Columbia County with her husband, artist Chris Strom.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 19.00
Width: 15.00

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