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Deborah Polinsky
December 11, 2008
I met Ann this past year at a support group for patients with advanced cancer at Sloane Kettering. Her inner strength to combat her illness was evident, she gave encouragement to a young woman artist in our group to pursue her art, talked about the great love of her family, was using her art to create gifts for her grandchildren, and was an inspiration to me. My deep consolences to her dear family and friends.
Mary Cidoni
December 4, 2008
Mary Cidoni I am very sorry for your loss Professeur Sperry.
Donna Loewy
December 3, 2008
Dear Paul,
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My heartfelt condolences to you and your family.
Donna Loewy
Alex Karlo
December 3, 2008
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to get to know Ann over the time that we worked together. She was a delightful woman of amazing vision and strength. The pain of her death is tempered only by the knowledge that her final day was conducted on her terms and surrounded by her loving family. I will miss her very much.
Vicki Goldberg
December 2, 2008
I miss Ann already and believe I always will. She was an exceptional woman, friend, and artist and built a wonderful family with Paul. The legacies, the memories she leaves behind are very rich.
Sara Prince
November 30, 2008
I send heartfelt condolences to the Sperry family. As a young woman, I had the great privilege of working for Ann, and watching her balance her exciting career with her busy home life. Her art and her family thrived -- and I remember the boundless diligence and love with which she addressed both. This made a tremendous impact on me. I am grateful to have known her.
Peter Hendrickson and Nancy Temkin
November 29, 2008
We're saddened to learn of Ann's passing. She was a joyful spirit planning the events around the marriage of our children, Ilinisa and Joshua. Ann provided loving mentoring to our daughter, Sami, an artist in the making. We cherish the photo of our smiling grandson, Cayesh, surrounded by Ann, Paul, Nancy and Peter in the Mission District last year. We're grateful that Ann could be present at Diran's Bris some weeks ago through the long reach of Skype.
Adele Silver
November 29, 2008
I loved her dearly, admired her devotion to her family, her friends, her work and to other artists. We will all miss her very much.
Susan Schwalb
November 29, 2008
I am shocked to read about Ann's death. I have admired her sculpture for many years and had the privilege of visiting her studio. She was a great supporter of women artists through her contributions to organizations and publications. But it was her work that truly added to the great history of women artists. I haven't seen Ann in a while and am sorry not to have known she was ill. I extend my sympathies to her husband and the rest of her family. Her presence will be missed. I hope a major retrospective of her work can be mounted in the near future.
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