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Elizabeth "Lib" Story Jenks Clark (1912 - 1989) was an American sculptor, longtime companion of Solita Solano, and executor of Margaret Anderson's papers.

Biography
Clark was born in Narragansett, Rhode Island in 1912 and grew up in both Narragansett and in Morristown, New Jersey.

In 1928, she married Joseph S. Clark Jr., and they had a son, Joseph Clark III. The couple separated in 1931, with Clark moving to Paris. She eventually moved back to the United States, working in both Philadelphia and New York as a sculptor.

Clark became the lover of Solita Solano in the 1940s and remained with her until Solano's death in 1975. She met Solano through the American Women's Voluntary Service (AWVS), which Clark had joined in 1941. In 1944, Clark and Solano were living in New Jersey. In the 1950s, the couple bought a house in Oregeval, where they spent half of the year and the other half in Paris. After Solano's death, Clark lived with Mathilda Hills.

Clarke died in Kingston, Rhode Island in 1989. The cause of death was cancer.

Work
Clark sculpted the "Frolicking Fish" fountain of the Narragansett Towers in the winter of 1931 and 1932.