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    • HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1919-2000, UNTITLED, Acrylic on handmade paper, Sheet: 51 x 25 in. (129.5 x 63.5 cm.), Frame: 57 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (146.1 x 87.6 x 16.51 cm.)
      Nov. 28, 2023

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1919-2000, UNTITLED, Acrylic on handmade paper, Sheet: 51 x 25 in. (129.5 x 63.5 cm.), Frame: 57 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (146.1 x 87.6 x 16.51 cm.)

      Est: $1,500 - $3,000

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, 1919-2000 UNTITLED Acrylic on handmade paper Mounted in a plexiglass frame; lower right signed: HT Catalogue note: Born in Baltimore, Hilda Shapiro Thorpe moved to Alexandria, Virginia, in 1940. Her career began in 1955, when Thorpe enrolled in American University's art program as a mother of three in her mid-thirties. Thorpe found success in painting and sculpture, exhibiting her work locally at the Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art and the Watkins Gallery. She began working with paper in 1976, stating: "What comes from the hands, molding mounds of water-weighted pulp—dropping it, pulling it, shaping it, sponging it—seems literally to come from the heart. A ten gallon tub full of water-logged paper pulp is my medium. My hands are my tools, the floor my table." Shapiro Thorpe's career emerged alongside Washington Color School artists like Thomas Downing, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis and Sam Gilliam. In 1971, she joined the sculpture faculty of her alma mater, American University. She continued to exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, as well as the National Collection of Fine Arts, the Baltimore Museum and the Phillips Collection, among others. Thorpe passed away in 2000. Her work is represented in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Phillips Collection and American University, among others.

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    • HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1920-2000, UNTITLED, Acrylic on handmade paper, Sheet: 24 x 42 in. (61 x 106.7 cm.), Frame: 33 1/2 x 50 1/2 in x 2 in. (85.1 x 128.3 x 5.1 cm.)
      Nov. 28, 2023

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1920-2000, UNTITLED, Acrylic on handmade paper, Sheet: 24 x 42 in. (61 x 106.7 cm.), Frame: 33 1/2 x 50 1/2 in x 2 in. (85.1 x 128.3 x 5.1 cm.)

      Est: $1,200 - $1,600

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, 1920-2000 UNTITLED Acrylic on handmade paper Mounted in plexiglass frame; lower right signed: HT Catalogue note: Born in Baltimore, Hilda Shapiro Thorpe moved to Alexandria, Virginia, in 1940. Her career began in 1955, when Thorpe enrolled in American University's art program as a mother of three in her mid-thirties. Thorpe found success in painting and sculpture, exhibiting her work locally at the Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art and the Watkins Gallery. She began working with paper in 1976, stating: "What comes from the hands, molding mounds of water-weighted pulp—dropping it, pulling it, shaping it, sponging it—seems literally to come from the heart. A ten gallon tub full of water-logged paper pulp is my medium. My hands are my tools, the floor my table." Shapiro Thorpe's career emerged alongside Washington Color School artists like Thomas Downing, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis and Sam Gilliam. In 1971, she joined the sculpture faculty of her alma mater, American University. She continued to exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, as well as the National Collection of Fine Arts, the Baltimore Museum and the Phillips Collection, among others. Thorpe passed away in 2000. Her work is represented in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Phillips Collection and American University, among others.

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    • HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1919-2000, UNTITLED, Handmade paper sculpture, 12 x 11 x 2 in. (30.5 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm.), Box: 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3 in. (36.8 x 36.8 x 7.6 cm.)
      Sep. 28, 2023

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1919-2000, UNTITLED, Handmade paper sculpture, 12 x 11 x 2 in. (30.5 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm.), Box: 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3 in. (36.8 x 36.8 x 7.6 cm.)

      Est: $400 - $600

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE AMERICAN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, 1919-2000 UNTITLED Handmade paper sculpture Lower right initialed: H. Catalogue note: Born in Baltimore, Hilda Shapiro Thorpe moved to Alexandria, Virginia in 1940. Her career began in 1955, when Thorpe, then a mother-of-three in her mid-thirties, enrolled in America University's art program. Thorpe found success in painting and sculpture, exhibiting her work locally at the Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art and the Watkins Gallery. Her career emerged alongside Washington Color School artists like Thomas Downing, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis and Sam Gilliam. In 1971, she joined the sculpture faculty of her alma mater, American University. She continued to exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, as well as the National Collection of Fine Arts, the Baltimore Museum and the Phillips Collection, among others. Thorpe passed away in 2000. Her work is represented in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Phillips Collection and American University, among others.

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    • HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN 1920-2000, UNTITLED, Oil on canvas, 68 x 49 in. (172.72 x 124.46 cm.), Frame: 69 1/2 x 50 1/4 in. (176.53 x 127.64 cm.)
      Nov. 17, 2022

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE, AMERICAN 1920-2000, UNTITLED, Oil on canvas, 68 x 49 in. (172.72 x 124.46 cm.), Frame: 69 1/2 x 50 1/4 in. (176.53 x 127.64 cm.)

      Est: $500 - $700

      HILDA SHAPIRO THORPE AMERICAN, 1920-2000 UNTITLED Oil on canvas Lower right signed: Hilda Thorpe; verso signed on canvas: Hilda Thorpe; verso inscribed on stretcher H. Shapiro Note: Born in Baltimore, Hilda Shapiro Thorpe moved to Alexandria, VA in 1940. Her career began in 1955, when Thorpe enrolled in America University's art program as a mother of three in her mid-thirties. Thorpe found success in painting and sculpture, exhibiting her work locally at the Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art and the Watkins Gallery. Her career emerged alongside Washington Color School artists like Thomas Downing, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis and Sam Gilliam. In 1971, she joined the sculpture faculty of her alma mater, American University. She continued to exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, as well as the National Collection of Fine Arts, the Baltimore Museum and the Phillips Collection, among others. Thorpe passed away in 2000. Her work is represented in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Phillips Collection and American University, among others.

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    • HILDA THORPE (AMERICAN, 1920-2000) SHIP Watercolor on paper: 7 1/2 x 11 in.
      Jul. 29, 2014

      HILDA THORPE (AMERICAN, 1920-2000) SHIP Watercolor on paper: 7 1/2 x 11 in.

      Est: $150 - $300

      HILDA THORPE (AMERICAN, 1920-2000) SHIP Watercolor on paper: 7 1/2 x 11 in. Framed; lower right signed Hilda Thorpe

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