Janet Sobel American, born Ukraine.1894–1968.Her work was illustrated alongside that of Mark

Janet Sobel American, born Ukraine. 1894–1968.Her work was illustrated alongside that of Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Arshile Gorky in collector Sidney Janis’ 1944 volume Abstract and Surrealist Art in America. “Pollock admitted that these pictures had made an impression on him.From then on, Sobel’s practice was mostly framed in relation to Pollock’s career, so that by the time of her death in 1968, she was little more than an anecdote, primarily known as the self-taught “housewife” who happened to have dripped paint on a canvas before him.Private collector,Oil on Cardboard,size:24”h x 36”w,come with frame.