Carrie Abramovitz

Carrie Abramovitz (née Carrie Glasser; 1913 – October 19, 1999) was an American sculptor, painter, collagist, and economist. She lived in Palo Alto, and Stanford, California for many years. She primarily worked in wood, cast stone, and slate sculptures.

Early life and education Carrie Abramovitz was born as Carrie Glasser in 1913, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York (state). Her parents were Sarah and Abraham Glasser.

Glasser graduated with a B.A. degree in 1933 from Brooklyn College; and a PhD in 1940 in economics from Columbia University in New York City.

Career After 1940, Abramovitz worked at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) where she served as the editor of Monthly Labor Review. She was awarded the Adele Hyde Morrison Memorial Medal (1961) at the Northern California Sculpture Annual at the Oakland Art Gallery (now Oakland Museum of California).

In her later career, Abramovitz had spinal surgery, and focused on collage. Her work is part of the Palo Alto Public Art collection; one of her bas relief sculpture pieces, Separation (1969), is displayed at the Downtown Palo Alto Library at 270 Forest Avenue.

Exhibitions

1969, Paintings by Marilyn Mittelman and Sculptures by Carrie Abramovitz, Gallery House, 538 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, California 1986, Sculptural Images in Collage, solo exhibition, Smith Andersen Editions Gallery, 200 Homer Street, Palo Alto, California 1999, Carrie Abramovitz Collages, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts (now Cantor Arts Center), Stanford University, Stanford, California