Part of the Estate of Phyilis Krim includes a cassette holding the recording of “An Alternate View of Women’s Imagery: The Artist as an Individual” of a panel discussion Krim organized. Phyllis Krim was best known for her allegorical paintings of classic cars symbolizing power, beauty, and strength during the 60s and 70s. During the screening of her documentary, “Driving Passion (1975),” and her solar exhibition, “Classic Cars and Other Machines(1976),” this discussion was moderated and held at NYU’s Loeb Student Center(1976) by Louise Bourgeois, with speakers including Phyllis Krim, Bruce Barton, Ernest Briggs, Corinne Robins, and Deborah Remington.

Her works being prized, as well as being broadcasted on Manhattan Cable Television, Krim opened a space for her signature artistic style and was the first and only woman invited to be a charter member of the Automotive Fine Arts Society in 1986 for her creative outlook of the beauty in mechanical objects.

Selection and description by Spring 2025 CUNY Cultural Intern, Journey Ford.