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In 1967, she married a co-worker at the Ferus Gallery and art dealer, Irving Blum, which ended in 1976. Shirley and Irving Blum had a son born in 1969, film producer Jason Blum. Shirley and Walter ran Ferus gallery together for many years.
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- Shirley Marie Neilsen, 1932 (age 90–91), Petaluma, California, US
- Shirley Hopps Blum, Shirley Neilsen Hopps, Shirley Hopps, Shirley Blum
- State University of New York, Purchase
Mar 30, 2012 · In July of 1962, Irving Blum’s fledgling Los Angeles gallery, Ferus, hosted the debut exhibition of an artist from New York named Andy Warhol. The work on display: a group of 32 20-by-16-inch paintings of Campbell’s soup cans (one for each of the 32 varieties of Campbell’s soup available at the time). Reviews of the show were middling at best, and Blum managed to sell just five of the ...
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Blum operated the Irving Blum Gallery until his departure for New York City in 1972 where in partnership with Joseph Helman he opened the BlumHelman Gallery; he returned full-time to Los Angeles in 1998 as a private dealer.
Blum operated the Irving Blum Gallery until his departure for New York City in 1972 where in partnership with Joseph Helman he opened the Blum Helman Gallery; he returned full-time to Los Angeles in 1998 as a private dealer.
Sep 4, 2023 · Sept. 4, 2023. 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 ...
Jun 10, 2008 · Eventually, artists from others parts of the country began showing in Los Angeles, and a man named Irving Blum came out from New York to run the gallery.
Irving Blum (born 1930) is primarily known as the gallerist who introduced Andy Warhol’s work to the West Coast, famously showcasing his original 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans in his and wife Shirley Blum’s Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles circa 1962.
