Audrey Sabol (1922 – September 4, 2021) was an entrepreneur, curator, and art collector. She was best known for suggesting to

Ed Ruscha Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (, ''roo-SHAY''; born December 16, 1937) is an American artist associated with the anti- pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. He is also noted for creating s ...

that his images of gasoline stations would be a good subject for a fine art print. She published the iconic image ''Standard Station'' in 1966. Sabol was married to

Ed Sabol Edwin Milton Sabol (September 11, 1916 – February 9, 2015) was an American filmmaker and the founder (with his son Steve Sabol, among others) of NFL Films. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a contributor due to his ...

(1916–2015) the founder of Blair Motion Pictures. In 1962 Sabol joined the Fine Arts Committee of the Arts Council of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association in Philadelphia. She went on to establish the ''Beautiful Bag Co.'', the ''Durable Dish Co.'', and the ''Rare Ring Co.'' with fellow Pop art enthusiast Joan Kron. In 1967 she was involved with the YM/YWHA sponsored ''Museum of Merchandise'' exhibition in Philadelphia. Her papers are in the

Archives of American Art The Archives of American Art is the largest collection of primary resources documenting the history of the visual arts in the United States. More than 20 million items of original material are housed in the Archives' research centers in Washing ...

. She was interviewed for the Archives' Oral History Program in 1987.

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