Jackie Ferrara (1929 u2025 aged 95)best known for her pyramidal stacked structures.

Jackie Ferrara (1929 u2025 aged 95)best known for her pyramidal stacked structures.

Jackie Ferrara in 2025. Whether she was making a small sculpture or a large public work, she remained the most craft-obsessed of Minimalists.Credit...Deborah Solomon

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Jackie Ferrara, Artist Who Brought Mystery to Minimalism, Dies at 95

While others made sleek metallic sculptures, she favored humble materials like lumber and glue. The Times called her “one of our most gifted and inventive sculptors.”


Jackie Ferrara in 2025. Whether she was making a small sculpture or a large public work, she remained the most craft-obsessed of Minimalists.Credit...







“Minneapolis Project,” a 14-foot-tall truncated pyramid at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, was completed in the late 1970s.Credit...Deborah Solomon

Jackie Ferrara (born Jacqueline Hirschhorn, November 17, 1929 – October 22, 2025) was an American sculptor and draftswoman best known for her pyramidal stacked structures.

Jackie Ferrara

Ferrara in 2012
Born
Jacqueline Hirschhorn
November 17, 1929

Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died October 22, 2025 (aged 95)

Basel, Switzerland
Education Michigan State University
Known for Sculpture
Movement Postminimalism
Website Official website





A177 XF 1 3/4 – XS 5/8 – V, A 1 1/4 – V, A 1 (1977), M128 CRA Pyramid (1974), and A188 Pylon (1978) at The Phillips Collection in 2022