Parasol Press, Ltd.

{{Short description|Publishing company in New York City}}

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Parasol Press, Ltd. was a publishing company founded in New York City in 1970 by Robert Feldman (May 13, 1937 – May 29, 2022).{{cite web |title=ROBERT FELDMAN Obituary (2022) - New York, NY |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/robert-feldman-obituary?id=34963750 |website=New York Times |access-date=2 July 2023}}

Parasol Press is known for its early editions of prints by Minimalist and Conceptual artists including Mel Bochner, Chuck Close, Richard Estes, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Dorothea Rockburne, Robert Ryman, and Wayne Thiebaud.{{cite book |last1=Tallman |first1=Susan |title=The contemporary print: from Pre-Pop to Postmodern |date=1996 |publisher=Thames and Hudson |location=London |isbn=9780500236840 |page=287}}

In the late 1970s Parasol Press published the Rubber Stamp Portfolio. It is a portfolio of 13 rubber stamp prints, in an edition of 1,000. The artists contributing to the portfolio were Carl André, Richard Artschwager, Daniel Buren, Chuck Close, Barry Le Va, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Agnes Martin, Don Nice, Myron Stedman Stout, Tom Wesselmann, and Joe Zucker. A complete portfolio is in the Princeton University Art Museum.{{cite web |title=Rubber Stamp Portfolio |url=https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/49455 |website=Princeton University Art Museum |access-date=3 July 2023 |language=en}}

Works from the studio are in the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum,{{cite web |title=Works – Parasol Press, Ltd., New York |url=https://allenartcollection.oberlin.edu/people/10214/parasol-press-ltd-new-york/objects |website=Allen Memorial Art Museum |access-date=2 July 2023}} the British Museum,{{cite web |title=Parasol Press |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41093 |website=British Museum |access-date=2 July 2023}} the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,{{cite web |title=Plate 62 in the book Six geometric figures and all their combinations using white lines in two directions (New York: Parasol Press Ltd. :1980), vol. 2 (of 2) ( white on black) |url=https://www.famsf.org/artworks/plate-62-in-the-book-six-geometric-figures-and-all-their-combinations-using-white-lines-in-two-directions-new-york-parasol-press-ltd-1980-vol-2-of-2-white-on-black |website=FAMSF |access-date=2 July 2023 |language=en}} the Harvard Art Museums,{{cite web |title=Parasol Press, Ltd. |url=https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/person/57286 |website=Harvard Art Museums |access-date=2 July 2023 |language=en}} the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,{{cite web |title=Parasol Press, Ltd. |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/162085 |website=LACMA Collections |access-date=2 July 2023}} the Minneapolis Institute of Art,{{cite web |title=Phil / Rubber Stamp, Chuck Close; Publisher: Parasol Press Ltd., New York |url=https://collections.artsmia.org/art/67039/phil-rubber-stamp-chuck-close |website=Minneapolis Institute of Art |access-date=2 July 2023}}{{cite web |title=Untitled, Richard Artschwager; Publisher: Parasol Press Ltd. |url=https://collections.artsmia.org/art/42587/untitled-richard-artschwager |website=Minneapolis Institute of Art |access-date=2 July 2023}} the Museum of Modern Art,{{cite web |title=MoMA {{!}} Louise Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books {{!}} Parasol Press, Ltd., New York |url=https://www.moma.org/s/lb/collection_lb/ppbyid/ppbyid_ppid-12368_role-4_thumbs.html |website=Museum of Modern Art |access-date=2 July 2023 |language=en}} the Portland Art Museum,{{cite web |title=Parasol Press, Ltd. |url=http://portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=13144;type=701 |website=Portland Art Museum |access-date=2 July 2023}} the Smithsonian American Art Museum,{{cite web |title=Parasol Press, Ltd. |url=https://americanart.si.edu/institution/parasol-press-ltd-5665 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=2 July 2023}} and Yale University Art Gallery.{{cite web |title=A, from Two Aquatints (Frames) |url=https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/181537 |website=Yale University Art Gallery |access-date=2 July 2023}}