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'''Helen Pashgian''' (born 1934) is an American visual artist who lives and works in Pasadena, California.<ref name="Vankin">{{Cite web |last=Vankin |first=Deborah |date=29 March 2014 |title=Artist Helen Pashgian brings her love of light to LACMA's space |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ca-helen-pashgian-light-invisible-20140330-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826173926/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ca-helen-pashgian-light-invisible-20140330-story.html |archive-date=26 August 2023 |access-date=9 May 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> She is a primary member of the Light and Space art movement of the 1960s,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Randy |date=15 September 2011 |title=Reputation and Monolith, Both Stand Tall |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/design/de-wain-valentine-at-pacific-standard-time-in-california.html?_r=1 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909203756/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/design/de-wain-valentine-at-pacific-standard-time-in-california.html?_r=1 |archive-date=9 September 2012 |access-date=24 January 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> but her role has been historically under-recognized.<ref name=Vankin/><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Michael |date=11 September 2010 |title=Helen Pashgian |url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/helen-pashgian/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721052957/http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/helen-pashgian/ |archive-date=21 July 2012 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Art in America}}</ref>
== Education ==
She received her B.A. from Pomona College in 1956, attended Columbia University from 1956–57, and received her M.A. from Boston University in 1958.<ref name="HELEN PASHGIAN – Totah">{{Cite news |title=Helen Pashgian - Biography |url=http://davidtotah.com/artists/helen-pashgian/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608140419/http://davidtotah.com/artists/helen-pashgian/ |archive-date=8 June 2019 |access-date=9 January 2018 |work=Totah |language=en-US}}</ref> While pursuing a Ph.D. at Harvard University in preparation for a career in academia or museum work, Pashgian taught an applied art class at a local high school and eventually transitioned into art-making.<ref name=Vankin/>
== Work ==
Pashgian creates sculptures made of industrial materials such as resin, fiberglass, plastic, and coated glass.<ref name="Lacma">{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible |url=http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/helen-pashgian-light-invisible |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320192919/http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/helen-pashgian-light-invisible |archive-date=20 March 2023 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |language=en}}</ref> The luminous properties of these materials reflect her longstanding interest in the effects and perception of light.<ref name=Lacma/> The artist has focused primarily on cast resin, "creating intimately scaled, translucent objects that incorporate vibrant colors and precisely finished surfaces. The perception of these works shifts as the viewer moves around them, and they seem at times to be solid forms and at others to be dissolving into space."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pacific Standard Time at the Getty Center: Helen Pashgian |url=http://blogs.getty.edu/pacificstandardtime/explore-the-era/people/helen-pashgian/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209032950/http://blogs.getty.edu/pacificstandardtime/explore-the-era/people/helen-pashgian/ |archive-date=9 February 2023 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Getty Center}}</ref>
In the 1960s and 1970s, Pashgian, along with the artist Mary Corse, was one of only two female members of the California-based Light and Space movement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bocicault |first=Miabelle |date=11 February 2014 |title=Interview: Helen Pashgian Describes the Power of Her New, Glowing Sculptures for 'Light Invisible' at LACMA |url=https://www.complex.com/style/a/miabelle-bocicault/helen-pashgian-in-light-invisible-at-lacma |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805065456/https://www.complex.com/style/a/miabelle-bocicault/helen-pashgian-in-light-invisible-at-lacma |archive-date=5 August 2023 |access-date=9 May 2014 |work=Complex}}</ref> Other members include James Turrell and Robert Irwin (artist).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Light and Space art |url=http://moca.org/pc/viewArtTerm.php?id=21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621073843/http://moca.org/pc/viewArtTerm.php?id=21 |archive-date=21 June 2015 |access-date=9 May 2014 |website=Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles}}</ref>
Some of her first sculptures are dated to the 1960s. Her early works mainly consisted of spheres made out of polyester resin, which would be present in her future solo exhibitions.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Landi |first1=Ann |date=20 December 2021 |title='Helen Pashgian: Presences' Review: Maker of Luminous Objects: California Light and Space artist Helen Pashgian finally gets her moment in the sun |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/helen-pashgian-presences-review-maker-of-luninous-objects-helen-pashgian-presences-site-santa-fe-california-light-and-space-movement-installation-art-11640028925 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220105180423/https://www.wsj.com/articles/helen-pashgian-presences-review-maker-of-luninous-objects-helen-pashgian-presences-site-santa-fe-california-light-and-space-movement-installation-art-11640028925 |archive-date=5 January 2022 |access-date=24 January 2024 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |id={{ProQuest|2611751632}}}}</ref>
Her first solo exhibition was at Pomona College Museum of Art in Claremont, California, in 2010.<ref name=":4" /> The show, ''Helen Pashgian: Working in Light'', consists of ''Untitled 2007-09'', where it is green column structures made out of acrylic. The columns are paired and is illuminated by it the lighting inside of the sculpture, showing the objects that are imbedded into the columns.
Later in her career, Pashgian was invited to do more solo exhibitions. On March 30, 2014, Pashgian had a solo exhibition, ''Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible'', at LACMA.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pagel |first=David |date=17 April 2014 |title=Review: At LACMA's 'Helen Pashgian,' step back and watch magic happen |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-art-review-helen-pashgian-light-invisible-at-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-20140415-story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116221702/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-art-review-helen-pashgian-light-invisible-at-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-20140415-story.html |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=29 October 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The show consists of twelve acrylic columns are lined up in pairs in a dark room, known as ''Untitled 2012-13''. Similar to the sculptures in the Pomona show, the only sources of light are coming from the columns themselves. The columns are paired together and spaced out in ten-foot intervals. On the outside, the acrylic creates a matte and opaque finish, and on the inside are objects that the artist did not disclose, letting the viewer to interpret themselves. Because the columns are the only light source, the display changes at each angle. As the viewer moves from one pair to another, the projections of the columns form a parabola creating continuity with each piece.
On November 4, 2021, the solo exhibition, ''Sphere and Lenses'' in Lehmann Maupin, New York, contained ''Untitled 2021''. It is a lens sculpture that is forty-five inches in diameter and made of cast epoxy. The epoxy created a "frosted" effect giving texture and opaqueness to the lens. There is color in the center, and it dissipates along the radius. In addition, ambient lighting would be added set in intervals of five minutes triggered by movement.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Avgikos |first=Jan |date=March 2022 |title=Helen Pashgian |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/helen-pashgian-2-249572/ |url-status=live |journal=Artforum |volume=60 |issue=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921095018/https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202203/helen-pashgian-87875 |archive-date=21 September 2023 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>
Pashgian was invited to have another solo exhibition on November 19, 2021, ''Helen Pashgian: Presences'', at SITE, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The exhibition starts with Pashgian spheres that were made in the 1960s that are lined up on an acrylic pedestal. Another work showcased was layered rectangles made out of acrylic and Untitled 2021 from Lehmann Maupin's show. One of the show's centerpieces is the installation of Helen's 2014 LACMA exhibit. The other main exhibit has the visitors wearing paper booties and immersing themselves in the installation, which involves the lighting and the room. A disk will illuminate, and the wall will project an image up to the visitor.<ref name=":1" />
== Exhibitions ==
=== Group exhibitions === * 2006 - ''The Senses: Selections from the Permanent Collection,'' Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2006 |title=The Senses: Selections from the Permanent Collection |url=https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2006/senses |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116085141/https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2006/senses |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Pomona Museum}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Artists - Helen Pashgian - Biography |url=https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/helen-pashgian/biography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830173701/https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/helen-pashgian/biography |archive-date=30 August 2023 |access-date=29 October 2022 |website=Lehmann Maupin |language=en}}</ref> * 2006 - ''Translucence: Southern California Art from the 1960s and 1970s'', Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006 |title=Translucence: Southern California Art from the 1960s & 1970s |url=https://www.nortonsimon.org/exhibitions/2000-2009/translucence-southern-california-art-from-the-1960s-and-1970s-/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731171306/https://www.nortonsimon.org/exhibitions/2000-2009/translucence-southern-california-art-from-the-1960s-and-1970s-/ |archive-date=31 July 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Norton Simon Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2010 - ''Primary Atmospheres: Works from California 1960 - 1970'', David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY <ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Primary Atmospheres: Works from California 1960-1970 |url=https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2010/primary-atmospheres-works-california-1960-1970 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830224453/https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2010/primary-atmospheres-works-california-1960-1970 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=David Zwirner Gallery |language=en}}</ref> * 2012 - ''Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970'', Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany<ref name=":0" /> * 2011–2012 - ''Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface'', Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA <ref>{{Cite web |date=2011–2012 |title=Exhibition: Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface |url=https://mcasd.org/exhibitions/phenomenal-california-light-space-surface |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402052943/https://mcasd.org/exhibitions/phenomenal-california-light-space-surface |archive-date=2 April 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego |language=en}}</ref> * 2011–2012 - ''Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970''',''''' J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011–2012 |title=Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950–1970 |url=http://blogs.getty.edu/pacificstandardtime/exhibitions-and-events/crosscurrents/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402092757/http://blogs.getty.edu/pacificstandardtime/exhibitions-and-events/crosscurrents/ |archive-date=2 April 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Pacific Standard Time at the Getty |publisher=J. Paul Getty Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2013–2014 - ''Beyond Brancusi: The Space of Sculpture'', Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013–2014 |title=Beyond Brancusi: The Space of Sculpture |url=https://www.nortonsimon.org/exhibitions/2010-2019/beyond-brancusi-the-space-of-sculpture/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730104643/https://www.nortonsimon.org/exhibitions/2010-2019/beyond-brancusi-the-space-of-sculpture/ |archive-date=30 July 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Norton Simon Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2014 - ''California Dreamin': Thirty Years of Collecting'', Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA<ref name=":0" /> * 2015 '''-''' ''Made in California,'' Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL<ref name=":0" /> * 2018 - ''Water & Light'', Ochi Gallery and Emily Friedman Fine Art, Ketchum, ID<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Water and Light |url=https://www.ochigallery.com/exhibition/water-and-light/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116092158/https://www.ochigallery.com/exhibition/water-and-light/ |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Ochi Gallery}}</ref> * 2018–2019 - ''Space Shifters,'' Hayward Gallery, London, UK<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018–2019 |title=Hayward Gallery - Space Shifters |url=https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/art-exhibitions/space-shifters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116092159/https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/art-exhibitions/space-shifters |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Southbank Centre |language=en}}</ref> * 2019 - Radiant ''Light and Expanded Space'', Pearl Lam, Hong Kong, China<ref name=":0" /> * 2019–2020 - ''Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today'', Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019–2020 |title=Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today |url=https://crystalbridges.org/exhibitions/crystals-in-art-ancient-to-today/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708002113/https://crystalbridges.org/exhibitions/crystals-in-art-ancient-to-today/ |archive-date=8 July 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021–2022 - ''Light & Space'', Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021 |title=Light & Space - Exhibition |url=https://copenhagencontemporary.org/en/light-space/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325163632/https://copenhagencontemporary.org/en/light-space/ |archive-date=25 March 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Copenhagen Contemporary |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021 - ''Beyond the Light of East & West'', The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021 |title=Special Exhibition: Beyond the Light of East and West |url=https://www.kccla.org/events/view/?eid=5931&cm=3&cy=2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417232627/https://www.kccla.org/events/view/?eid=5931&cm=3&cy=2021 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles |language=en}}</ref> * 2021–2022 - ''Light Space Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art'', Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art |url=https://addison.andover.edu/exhibition/light-space-surface-works-from-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240125043340/https://addison.andover.edu/exhibition/light-space-surface-works-from-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-2/ |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Addison Gallery of American Art |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 ''Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection'', Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).<ref name="BAMPFA">{{cite web |title=Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection |url=https://bampfa.org/making-their-mark |website=BAMPFA |access-date=13 April 2026 |language=en |date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
=== Solo exhibitions === * 2007- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA<ref name=":0" /> * 2010 - ''Helen Pashgian: Working in Light'', Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Helen Pashgian: Working in Light |url=https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2010/helen-pashgian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116214911/https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2010/helen-pashgian |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Pomona Museum}}</ref> * 2014 - ''Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible'', Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA<ref name="Lacma" /> * 2019 - ''New Lenses and Spheres'', Vito Schnabel Projects, St. Moritz, Switzerland<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=New Lenses and Spheres |url=https://www.artforum.com/artguide/vito-schnabel-gallery-st-moritz-14113/new-lenses-and-spheres-172459 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116214913/https://www.artforum.com/artguide/vito-schnabel-gallery-st-moritz-14113/new-lenses-and-spheres-172459 |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2019–2020 - Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, and Hong Kong<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019–2020 |title=Lehmann Maupin - Exhibitions - Helen Pashgian |url=https://ocula.com/art-galleries/lehmann-maupin/exhibitions/helen-pashgian-seoul/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116141117/https://ocula.com/art-galleries/lehmann-maupin/exhibitions/helen-pashgian-seoul/ |archive-date=16 January 2021 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Ocula}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Straus |first=Michael |date=February 2020 |title=Helen Pashgian with Michael Straus |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2020/02/art/HELEN-PASHGIAN-with-Michael-Straus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228211557/https://brooklynrail.org/2020/02/art/HELEN-PASHGIAN-with-Michael-Straus |archive-date=28 December 2022 |access-date=24 January 2024 |work=The Brooklyn Rail}}</ref> * 2021–2022 - ''Primavera'', Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Claremont, CA <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021–2022 |title=Helen Pashgian: Primavera |url=https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2021/helen-pashgian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610140035/https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2021/helen-pashgian |archive-date=10 June 2023 |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=Benton Museum of Art}}</ref> * 2021–2022 - ''Spheres and Lenses'', Lehmann Maupin, New York<ref name=":0" /> * 2021–2022 - ''Helen Pashgian: Presences,'' SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021–2022 |title=Exhibition - Helen Pashgian: Presences |url=https://sitesantafe.org/exhibition/helen-pashgian/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602104959/https://sitesantafe.org/exhibition/helen-pashgian/ |archive-date=2 June 2023 |access-date=29 October 2022 |website=SITE Santa Fe |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021-2022 - Helen Pashgian: ''Spheres'', Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM <ref>https://issuu.com/cjfapress/docs/helen_pashgian_spheres?fr=sOTZjZDM3NDA1OTg</ref> * 2025 - ''Helen Pashgian'', Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM <ref>https://www.santafe.org/event/helen-pashgian/22603/</ref>
== Collections ==
Pashgian's work is represented in many prominent museum collections including the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California;<ref name="Norton Simon Museum">{{cite web |title=Untitled |url=https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/P.2007.1.3 |website=Norton Simon Museum |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref> Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); Orange County Museum of Art;<ref name="UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art">{{cite web |title=S+T - |url=https://www.imca.uci.edu/s-t/ |website=UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref> Pomona College Museum of Art;<ref name="Pomona Museum">{{cite web |title=Helen Pashgian: Primavera |url=https://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/2021/helen-pashgian |website=Pomona Museum |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref> Cornell University;<ref name="Cornell University">{{cite web |title=Untitled |url=https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/31147/untitled |website=Cornell University |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref> and the Portland Art Museum.<ref name="Portland Art Museum">{{cite web |title=Untitled |url=http://portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=4757;type=101 |website=Portland Art Museum |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref>
== Recognition ==
Although Pashgian has shown her work, steadily, in solo and group shows since the 1960s, she did not achieve the same widespread recognition as her male contemporaries.<ref name=Vankin/> In 2013 she was a recipient of the Distinguished Women in the Arts award from the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Katherine |date=12 August 2013 |title=L.A. Museum Honors Female Artists With Distinguished Women In The Arts Award |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moca-women-in-the-arts_n_3744640 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125050441/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moca-women-in-the-arts_n_3744640 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date=9 May 2014 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> She was an artist-in-residence at the California Institute of Technology from 1970–71, and received an individual artists grant from the National Endowment of the Arts in 1986.<ref name="HELEN PASHGIAN – Totah"/> Pashgian joined the board of trustees of Pomona in 1987.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 August 1987 |title=Pomona College taps five new board members |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/80825488/pomona-college-taps-five-new-board-membe/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125050756/https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-pomona-college-tap/80825488/ |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |department=San Gabriel Valley |page=5 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.<ref name="SAAM">{{cite web |last=Edelson |first=Mary Beth |date=1972 |title=Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/some-living-american-women-artistslast-supper-76377 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331164855/https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/some-living-american-women-artistslast-supper-76377 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=21 January 2022 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |type=Photo of lithograph |quote=22. Helen Pashgian}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/helen-pashgian Helen Pashgian] at Lehmann Maupin
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