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Feb 22, 2013 · At this time he received a return studio visit from Irving Blum of Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, who was expecting to see comic-strip paintings and was surprised by the new soup cans, immediately offering the artist a show that summer. Expanding his subject, he decided to paint one of each of the thirty-two varieties of Campbell’s soups.
Blum persuaded Hopps to reduce the number of represented artists to fourteen (seven from San Francisco and seven from Los Angeles) and transformed the financial health of the gallery. Under the directorship of Irving Blum from 1958, the gallery exhibited both the West Coast and New York art of the period.
Art dealer and collector Irving Blum was formerly a partner in Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, and in Blum Helman Gallery, New York. More: Features January 2004;
Irving Blum's films include Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, The Cool School, Tarzan and Jane Regained, Sort Of..., Screen Test [ST26]: Irving Blum
Mrs. Kiki Kiser at her Tennis Court with Mr. Irving Blum I, Los Angeles; from the series Big Nudes
The art dealer Irving Blum remembers walking into Leo Castelli’s New York gallery in 1965 and being taken by Roy Lichtenstein’s painting of a composition book, because he himself had carried one throughout grade school. Blum called Lichtenstein, a friend of his, and said he needed to see the Pop artist. “He said, ‘How urgent?’”
Feb 9, 2018 · Jason Blum is an American film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, known especially for horror films. Jason is the son of Shirley, a professor of art history, and Irving Blum, an independent art dealer. His father is Jewish. His mother is mostly of German, Swedish, English, and Irish descent.
