Jackie Ferrara

1929–2025

Introduction

Jacqueline Ferrara (née Hirschhorn; November 17, 1929 – October 22, 2025) was an American sculptor and draftswoman best known for her pyramidal stacked structures. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, The Phillips Collection, and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, among others. On July 6, 1980, writing in The New York Times, the critic Peter Schjeldahl referred to her as "one of our most gifted and innovative sculptors."

Wikidata identifier

Q6116329

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Introduction

American sculptor.

Roles

Artist, installation artist, painter, photographer, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500007652

Names

Jackie Ferrara, Jacqueline Hirschhorn

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First acquired
1982

Date of birth
November 17, 1929

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